TY - GEN
T1 - MagAO-X
T2 - Adaptive Optics Systems VIII 2022
AU - Males, Jared R.
AU - Close, Laird M.
AU - Haffert, Sebastiaan
AU - Long, Joseph D.
AU - Hedglen, Alexander D.
AU - Pearce, Logan
AU - Weinberger, Alycia J.
AU - Guyon, Olivier
AU - Knight, Justin M.
AU - McLeod, Avalon
AU - Kautz, Maggie
AU - Van Gorkom, Kyle
AU - Lumbres, Jennifer
AU - Schatz, Lauren
AU - Rodack, Alex
AU - Gasho, Victor
AU - Kueny, Jay
AU - Foster, Warren
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 SPIE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - We present a status update for MagAO-X, a 2000 actuator, 3.6 kHz adaptive optics and coronagraph system for the Magellan Clay 6.5 m telescope. MagAO-X is optimized for high contrast imaging at visible wavelengths. Our primary science goals are detection and characterization of Solar System-like exoplanets, ranging from very young, still-accreting planets detected at H-alpha, to older temperate planets which will be characterized using reflected starlight. First light was in Dec, 2019, but subsequent commissioning runs were canceled due to COVID-19. In the interim, MagAO-X has served as a lab testbed. Highlights include implementation of several focal plane and low-order wavefront sensing algorithms, development of a new predictive control algorithm, and the addition of an IFU module. MagAO-X also serves as the AO system for the Giant Magellan Telescope High Contrast Adaptive Optics Testbed. We will provide an overview of these projects, and report the results of our commissioning and science run in April, 2022. Finally, we will present the status of a comprehensive upgrade to MagAO-X to enable extreme-contrast characterization of exoplanets in reflected light. These upgrades include a new post-AO 1000-actuator deformable mirror inside the coronagraph, latest generation sCMOS detectors for wavefront sensing, optimized PIAACMC coronagraphs, and computing system upgrades. When these Phase II upgrades are complete we plan to conduct a survey of nearby exoplanets in reflected light.
AB - We present a status update for MagAO-X, a 2000 actuator, 3.6 kHz adaptive optics and coronagraph system for the Magellan Clay 6.5 m telescope. MagAO-X is optimized for high contrast imaging at visible wavelengths. Our primary science goals are detection and characterization of Solar System-like exoplanets, ranging from very young, still-accreting planets detected at H-alpha, to older temperate planets which will be characterized using reflected starlight. First light was in Dec, 2019, but subsequent commissioning runs were canceled due to COVID-19. In the interim, MagAO-X has served as a lab testbed. Highlights include implementation of several focal plane and low-order wavefront sensing algorithms, development of a new predictive control algorithm, and the addition of an IFU module. MagAO-X also serves as the AO system for the Giant Magellan Telescope High Contrast Adaptive Optics Testbed. We will provide an overview of these projects, and report the results of our commissioning and science run in April, 2022. Finally, we will present the status of a comprehensive upgrade to MagAO-X to enable extreme-contrast characterization of exoplanets in reflected light. These upgrades include a new post-AO 1000-actuator deformable mirror inside the coronagraph, latest generation sCMOS detectors for wavefront sensing, optimized PIAACMC coronagraphs, and computing system upgrades. When these Phase II upgrades are complete we plan to conduct a survey of nearby exoplanets in reflected light.
KW - adaptive optics
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U2 - 10.1117/12.2630584
DO - 10.1117/12.2630584
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85173255993
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Adaptive Optics Systems VIII
A2 - Schreiber, Laura
A2 - Schmidt, Dirk
A2 - Vernet, Elise
PB - SPIE
Y2 - 17 July 2022 through 22 July 2022
ER -