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GPS Measurements of Precipitable Water Vapor Can Improve Survey Calibration: A Demonstration from KPNO and the Mayall z-band Legacy Survey
W. M. Wood-Vasey, Daniel Perrefort, Ashley Baker
We here show that dual-band GPS measurements of precipitable water vapor (PWV) at KPNO predict the overall per-image sensitivity of the Mayall z-band Legacy Survey (MzLS). The per-…
The IAG Solar Flux Atlas: Telluric Correction With a Semi-Empirical Model
Ashley D. Baker, Cullen H. Blake, Ansgar Reiners
Observations of the Sun as a star have been key to guiding models of stellar atmospheres and additionally provide useful insights on the effects of granulation and stellar activity…
First radial velocity results from the MINiature Exoplanet Radial Velocity Array (MINERVA)
Maurice L. Wilson, Jason D. Eastman, Matthew A. Cornachione +52
The MINiature Exoplanet Radial Velocity Array (MINERVA) is a dedicated observatory of four 0.7m robotic telescopes fiber-fed to a KiwiSpec spectrograph. The MINERVA mission is to d…
The Oxyometer: A Novel Instrument Concept for Characterizing Exoplanet Atmospheres
Ashley D. Baker, Cullen H. Blake, Sam Halverson
With TESS and ground-based surveys searching for rocky exoplanets around cooler, nearby stars, the number of Earth-sized exoplanets that are well-suited for atmospheric follow-up s…
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope White Paper; The Case for Matching U-band on Deep Drilling Fields
B. W. Holwerda, A. Baker, S. Blyth +12
U-band observations with the LSST have yet to be fully optimized in cadence. The straw man survey design is a simple coverage of the medium-deep-fast survey. Here we argue that dee…
Monitoring Telluric Absorption with CAMAL
Ashley D. Baker, Cullen H. Blake, David H. Sliski
Ground-based astronomical observations may be limited by telluric water vapor absorption, which is highly variable in time and significantly complicates both spectroscopy and photo…