Observing strategies for the NICI campaign to directly image extrasolar planets

Beth Biller, Étienne Artigau, Zahed Wahhaj, Markus Hartung, Michael C. Liu, Laird M. Close, Mark R. Chun, Christ Ftaclas, Douglas W. Toomey, Thomas Hayward

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Abstract

We discuss observing strategy for the Near Infrared Coronagraphic Imager (NICI) on the 8-m Gemini South telescope. NICI combines a number of techniques to attenuate starlight and suppress superspeckles: 1) coronagraphic imaging, 2) dual channel imaging for Spectral Differential Imaging (SDI) and 3) operation in a fixed Cassegrain rotator mode for Angular Differential Imaging (ADI). NICI will be used both in service mode and for a dedicated 50 night planet search campaign. While all of these techniques have been used individually in large planet-finding surveys, this is the first time ADI and SDI will be used with a coronagraph in a large survey. Thus, novel observing strategies are necessary to conduct a viable planet search campaign.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdaptive Optics Systems
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
EventAdaptive Optics Systems - Marseille, France
Duration: Jun 23 2008Jun 26 2008

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume7015
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Other

OtherAdaptive Optics Systems
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityMarseille
Period6/23/086/26/08

Keywords

  • Adaptive optics
  • Extrasolar planets
  • Infrared
  • Instrumentation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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