3 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
On-sky capabilities and performance of the Keck All Sky Precision Adaptive Optics system
Avinash Surendran, Maxwell Service, Jacques R. Delorme +21
The Keck All Sky Precision Adaptive optics (KAPA) project upgrades the Keck I adaptive optics system to enable laser tomography using a four laser guide star (LGS) asterism. KAPA i…
astro-ph.IM2026
LUVCam: A high-performance, low-cost, UV/optical camera for the future of astronomy in space
Aaron Tohuvavohu, Suresh Sivanandam, Jean-Christophe Fronteddu +23
Astronomy-grade cameras with robust performance and heritage in the space environment have long been costly, substantially limiting capacity for space-based astronomy and creating…
astro-ph.IM2026
Progress report on the integration of the IRTF adaptive secondary mirror
Ellen Lee, Mark Chun, Ruihan Zhang +13
IRTF-ASM-1 is the first on-sky adaptive secondary mirror using the hybrid variable reluctance (HVR) actuators developed by the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Resea…