Published July 12, 2023
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Journal Article
Upgrades to W. M. Keck observatory detector systems
Abstract
We report on our plans to upgrade the detector systems in the 2022–2024 time frame for three of the workhorse instruments (NIRC2, DEIMOS, and NIRES) operated by the W. M. Keck Observatory. The upgrades are done in collaboration with Observatory partner institutions and other Maunakea observatories. The main motivating factors behind these upgrades are to tackle obsolescence of hardware and software components, to boost observing efficiency, to enhance the instrument throughput, and to add new observing functionality.
Additional Information
© 2023 Wiley-VCH. We would like to thank the Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation for their support of the NIRES guider upgrade. 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. The authors wish to recognize and acknowledge the very significant cultural role and reverence that the summit of Maunakea has always had within the indigenous Hawaiian community. We are most fortunate to have the opportunity to conduct observations from this mountain.Additional details
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20230525-772698100.19
- Mt. Cuba Astronomical Foundation
- W. M. Keck Foundation
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