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NSF award 2510577 · California Association for Research in Astronomy

MRI: Track 2 Development of Infrared Wavefront sensor Adaptive optics ('IWA) enabled Astrophysics

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28 January 2029

in 833 days · The award ends on 30 September 2028.

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Award number
2510577
Period of support
1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2028
Amount
$2,459,747
Awardee
California Association for Research in Astronomy, Kamuela, HI
Program
OFFICE OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY AC, Major Research Instrumentation
Directorate
MPS

Abstract

This program implements a near-Infrared Wavefront sensor (‘IWA) for the Keck II telescope adaptive optics (AO) system. AO systems correct atmospheric blurring, allowing ground-based telescopes to achieve images as sharp as telescopes in space. A bright guide star is needed to measure the atmospheric errors, and doing so in the infrared enables lower-mass and dust-obscured stars to be used. ‘IWA enables a broad range…

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