2 papers
astro-ph.IM2025
Ground-Based Mid-IR Direct Imaging: The Origin of the Thermal Background on the Keck II Telescope and Correcting Instrumental Systematics
Jayke S. Nguyen, Quinn M. Konopacky, William Thompson +2
Mid-IR wavelengths are of particular interest to exoplanet science due to the fact they can extend the searchable parameter space to planets that are older and/or colder. However,…
astro-ph.IM2025
An on-sky investigation into factors limiting the performance of Keck-NIRC2 for conducting infrared high-contrast imaging
Rachel Bowens-Rubin, Maïssa Salama, Jayke S. Nguyen +2
The most common instrument used by the exoplanet/brown dwarf direct imaging community at the W.M. Keck Observatory is currently the NIRC2 near-infrared imager. We performed on-sky…