MagAO: Status and science

Katie M. Morzinski; Laird M. Close; Jared R. Males; Phil M. Hinz; Simone Esposito; Armando Riccardi; Runa Briguglio; Katherine B. Follette; Enrico Pinna; Alfio Puglisi; Jennifer Vezilj; Marco Xompero; Ya Lin Wu

doi:10.1117/12.2233911

MagAO: Status and science

Katie M. Morzinski, Laird M. Close, Jared R. Males, Phil M. Hinz, Simone Esposito, Armando Riccardi, Runa Briguglio, Katherine B. Follette, Enrico Pinna, Alfio Puglisi, Jennifer Vezilj, Marco Xompero, Ya Lin Wu

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Abstract

"MagAO is the adaptive optics instrument at the Magellan Clay telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, Chile. MagAO has a 585-Actuator adaptive secondary mirror and 1000-Hz pyramid wavefront sensor, operating on natural guide stars from R-magnitudes of-1 to 15. MagAO has been in on-sky operation for 166 nights since installation in 2012. MagAO's unique capabilities are simultaneous imaging in the visible and infrared with VisAO and Clio, excellent performance at an excellent site, and a lean operations model. Science results from MagAO include the first ground-based CCD image of an exoplanet, demonstration of the first accreting protoplanets, discovery of a new wide-orbit exoplanet, and the first empirical bolometric luminosity of an exoplanet. We describe the status, report the AO performance, and summarize the science results. New developments reported here include color corrections on red guide stars for the wavefront sensor; a new field stop stage to facilitate VisAO imaging of extended sources; and eyepiece observing at the visible-light diffraction limit of a 6.5-m telescope. We also discuss a recent hose failure that led to a glycol coolant leak, and the recovery of the adaptive secondary mirror (ASM) after this recent (Feb. 2016) incident.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Adaptive Optics Systems V
Editors	Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, Laird M. Close
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510601970
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233911
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	Adaptive Optics Systems V - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 2016 Jun 26 → 2016 Jul 1

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9909
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Conference

Conference	Adaptive Optics Systems V
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	2016/06/26 → 2016/07/01

Keywords

Adaptive Optics
Adaptive Secondary Mirrors
Exoplanets
Pyramid Wavefront Sensors
Visible AO

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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Morzinski, K. M., Close, L. M., Males, J. R., Hinz, P. M., Esposito, S., Riccardi, A., Briguglio, R., Follette, K. B., Pinna, E., Puglisi, A., Vezilj, J., Xompero, M., & Wu, Y. L. (2016). MagAO: Status and science. In E. Marchetti, J.-P. Veran, & L. M. Close (Eds.), Adaptive Optics Systems V Article 990901 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9909). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233911

Morzinski, KM, Close, LM, Males, JR, Hinz, PM, Esposito, S, Riccardi, A, Briguglio, R, Follette, KB, Pinna, E, Puglisi, A, Vezilj, J, Xompero, M & Wu, YL 2016, MagAO: Status and science. in E Marchetti, J-P Veran & LM Close (eds), Adaptive Optics Systems V., 990901, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9909, SPIE, Adaptive Optics Systems V, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2016/06/26. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233911

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