Keck All Sky Precision Adaptive Optics

KAPA stands for the Keck All-sky Precision Adaptive-optics project launched in 2018 and aiming for first-light in 2024. KAPA will upgrade Keck I AO to ...

KAPA includes four key science programs, an upgrade to the Keck I laser guide star (LGS) adaptive optics (AO) facility to improve image quality and sky coverage ...

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KAPA stands for the Keck All-sky Precision Adaptive-optics project launched in 2018 and aiming for first-light in 2024.

Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics program overview - NASA/ADS

We present the status and plans for the Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics (KAPA) program. KAPA includes (1) an upgrade to the Keck I laser guide star ...

Keck all sky precision adaptive optics - NASA/ADS

We present the status and plans for the Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics (KAPA) program. KAPA includes four key science programs, an upgrade to the ...

Keck all sky precision adaptive optics - SPIE Digital Library

The four science programs are led by Tommaso Treu (UCLA) for dark matter/energy; Andrea Ghez, Tuan Do and Mark Morris (UCLA) for the Galactic ...

W. M. Keck Observatory Awarded NSF Grant to Develop Next ...

... Keck I telescope. Called Keck All-Sky Precision Adaptive Optics (KAPA), this futuristic technology will deliver significantly sharper images ...

Keck all sky precision adaptive optics: project overview

Keck all sky precision adaptive optics: project overview · Abstract. We present the status and plans for the Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics (KAPA) ...

Keck All Sky Precision Adaptive Optics Program Overview - NSF PAR

The new wavefront sensor camera and near-infrared tip-tilt sensor (TRICK) are mounted on the AO bench. Testing and calibration are supported by an asterism ...

Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics program overview

As part of the Keck All-sky Precision Adaptive optics (KAPA) project a laser Asterism Generator (AG) is being implemented on the Keck I ...

Keck All Sky PrecisionAdaptive Optics

W. M. Keck Observatory. ABSTRACT. We present the goals, status and plans for the Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics (KAPA) program. The program includes ...

[2207.14433] Daytime calibration and testing of the Keck All sky ...

The development of the Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics (KAPA) project was initiated in September 2018 to upgrade the Keck I adaptive ...

Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics program overview

We present the status and plans for the Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics (KAPA) program. KAPA includes (1) an upgrade to the Keck I laser guide star ...

Keck All Sky Precision Adaptive Optics - UCLA Physics & Astronomy

We present the status and plans for the Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics (KAPA) program. The program includes four key science projects, an upgrade to ...

Keck all sky precision adaptive optics: project overview | Request PDF

Request PDF | Keck all sky precision adaptive optics: project overview | We present the status and plans for the Keck All sky Precision ...

Keck Adaptive Optics Current and Future Roles as an ELT Pathfinder

KAPA7 (Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics) is a laser tomography and sky coverage upgrade to the Keck I AO system. HAKA (High order Advanced ...

Keck 2035: The W. M. Keck Observatory Strategic Plan

... adaptive optics upgrades and adaptive secondary mirrors on both telescopes. ... KAPA (Keck All-sky Precision Adaptive-optics): (in progress) Upgrades the KI ...

Keck adaptive optics facility: real time controller upgrade - DOI

Together with the Keck All-sky Precision Adaptive optics (KAPA) project, a higher performance and a more reliable RTC is needed to support ...

Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics program overview

Request PDF | On Aug 30, 2022, Peter Wizinowich and others published Keck All sky Precision Adaptive optics program overview | Find, read and cite all the ...

Adaptive Optics Developments at Keck Observatory

The result has been significant NGS performance and operational improvements, and successful on-sky LGS AO demonstrations, as discussed in sections 2 and 3, ...