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View article: Keck Adaptive Optics Current and Future Roles as an ELT Pathfinder
Keck Adaptive Optics Current and Future Roles as an ELT Pathfinder Open
The segmented nature of the 10-m Keck telescopes combined with facility-class AO systems and science instruments, and a history of science-driven upgrades to these systems, offers a uniquely powerful pathfinder for future AO science facili…
View article: Enabling high resolution visible AO at the W.M. Keck Observatory
Enabling high resolution visible AO at the W.M. Keck Observatory Open
The W. M. Keck Observatory has generated an observatory wide strategic plan for 2035. This plan has identified visible Adaptive Optics (AO) as an attractive science path for the observatory. Given the 10-meter aperture of the Keck telescop…
View article: On-sky commissioning of MAROON-X: a new precision radial velocity spectrograph for Gemini North
On-sky commissioning of MAROON-X: a new precision radial velocity spectrograph for Gemini North Open
MAROON-X is a fiber-fed, red-optical, high precision radial velocity\nspectrograph recently commissioned at the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea,\nHawai'i. With a resolving power of 85,000 and a wavelength coverage of 500-920\nnm, it de…
View article: Keck all sky precision adaptive optics: project overview
Keck all sky precision adaptive optics: project overview Open
We present the status and plans for the Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics (KAPA) program. KAPA includes four key science programs, an upgrade to the Keck I laser guide star (LGS) adaptive optics (AO) facility to improve image quality …
View article: Design concept for Pocket-GMT
Design concept for Pocket-GMT Open
One of the main challenges for the new generation of extremely large telescopes (ELT) such as the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is apparent in their ability to phase the segments in their primary mirror. Due to the lack of viability of ma…
View article: Cryogenic detector preamplifer developments at the ANU
Cryogenic detector preamplifer developments at the ANU Open
We present a summary of the cryogenic detector preamplifier development programme under way at the ANU. Cryogenic preamplifiers have been demonstrated for both near-infrared detectors (Teledyne H1RG and Leonardo SAPHIRA eAPD as part of dev…
View article: Adaptive optics tracking and pushing system for space debris manoeuvre
Adaptive optics tracking and pushing system for space debris manoeuvre Open
As space debris in lower Earth orbits are accumulating, techniques to lower the risk of space debris collisions must be developed. Within the context of the Space Environment Research Centre (SERC), the Australian National University (ANU)…
View article: Design evolution of the Giant Magellan Telescope Integral Field Spectrograph, GMTIFS
Design evolution of the Giant Magellan Telescope Integral Field Spectrograph, GMTIFS Open
We report the design evolution for the GMT Integral Field Spectrograph, (GMTIFS). To support the range of operating modes – a spectroscopic channel providing integral field spectroscopy with variable spaxel scales, and a parallel imaging c…
View article: Veloce Rosso: Australia's new precision radial velocity spectrograph
Veloce Rosso: Australia's new precision radial velocity spectrograph Open
Veloce is an ultra-stable fibre-fed R4 echelle spectrograph for the 3.9 m Anglo-Australian Telescope. The first channel to be commissioned, Veloce 'Rosso', utilises multiple low-cost design innovations to obtain Doppler velocities for Sun-…
View article: First light results from the High Efficiency and Resolution Multi-Element Spectrograph at the Anglo-Australian Telescope
First light results from the High Efficiency and Resolution Multi-Element Spectrograph at the Anglo-Australian Telescope Open
The High Efficiency and Resolution Multi Element Spectrograph, HERMES, is a facility-class optical spectrograph for the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT). It is designed primarily for Galactic Archaeology, the first major attempt to create …