no code implementations • 15 Dec 2020 • A. -L. Maire, E. Huby, O. Absil, G. Zins, M. Kasper, C. Delacroix, S. Leveratto, M. Karlsson, G. Ruane, H. -U. Käufl, G. Orban de Xivry, P. Pathak, L. Pettazzi, P. Duhoux, J. Kolb, E. Pantin, A. J. Eldorado Riggs, R. Siebenmorgen, D. Mawet
Here, we present the design of the mid-IR vortex coronagraph for the new Earths in the $\alpha$ Cen Region (NEAR) experiment with the VLT/VISIR instrument and assess the performance of the QACITS estimator for the centering control of the star image onto the vortex coronagraph.
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
no code implementations • 22 Dec 2020 • Ewan S. Douglas, Jaren N. Ashcraft, Ruslan Belikov, John Debes, Jeremy Kasdin, John Krist, Brianna I. Lacy, Bijan Nemati, Kian Milani, Leonid Pogorelyuk, A. J. Eldorado Riggs, Dmitry Savransky, Dan Sirbu
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) will be capable of characterizing exoplanets in reflected light and will demonstrate space technologies essential for future missions to take spectra of Earthlike exoplanets.
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics