MAGIQ at the W. M. Keck Observatory: initial deployment of a new acquisition, guiding, and image quality monitoring system
Abstract
The W. M. Keck Observatory has completed the development and initial deployment of MAGIQ, the Multi-function Acquisition, Guiding and Image Quality monitoring system. MAGIQ is an integrated system for acquisition, guiding and image quality measurement for the Keck telescopes. This system replaces the acquisition and guiding hardware and software for existing instruments at the Observatory and is now the standard for visible wavelength band acquisition cameras for future instrumentation. In this paper we report on the final design and implementation of this new system, which includes three major components: a visible wavelength band acquisition camera, image quality measurement capability, and software for acquisition, guiding and image quality monitoring. The overall performance is described, as well as the details of our approach to integrating low order wavefront sensing capability in order to provide closed loop control of telescope focus.
Additional Information
© 2008 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). This material is based in part upon work supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Grant No. NNG05GC95G issued through the NASA Astronomy and Astrophysics Research and Analysis program. The W. M. Keck Observatory is operated as a scientific partnership among the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Observatory was made possible by the generous financial support of the W. M. Keck Foundation.Attached Files
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- 95548
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20190516-142246247
- NNG05GC95G
- NASA
- W. M. Keck Foundation
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2019-05-16Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-16Created from EPrint's last_modified field
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- Proceedings of SPIE
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- 7014