UH-Built Infrared Upgrade to Maunakea Telescope to Help Detect Exoplanets
September 29, 2020
September 29, 2020
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Sept. 29 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
An innovative new instrument built by a team at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA), Caltech and W.M. Keck Observatory provides adaptive optics (AO) correction using objects invisible to the naked eye. The AO system deployed at Keck Observatory includes an innovative infrared pyramid wavefront sensor that can detect exoplanets and young dwarf stars where planet forma . . .
An innovative new instrument built by a team at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (IfA), Caltech and W.M. Keck Observatory provides adaptive optics (AO) correction using objects invisible to the naked eye. The AO system deployed at Keck Observatory includes an innovative infrared pyramid wavefront sensor that can detect exoplanets and young dwarf stars where planet forma . . .