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.IM2024
AI-Powered Low-Order Focal Plane Wavefront Sensing in Infrared
Mojtaba Taheri, Mahdiyar Molahasani, Sam Ragland +2
Adaptive optics (AO) systems are crucial for high-resolution astronomical observations by compensating for atmospheric turbulence. While laser guide stars (LGS) address high-order…
astro-ph2005
The dusty AGB star RS CrB: first mid-infrared interferometric observations with the Keck Telescopes
B. Mennesson, C. Koresko, M. J. Creech-Eakman +2
We report interferometric observations of the semi-regular variable star RS CrB, a red giant with strong silicate emission features. The data were among the first long baseline mid…