1. ORCAS - Keck Instrument Development - ORKID
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Eliad Peretz, Peter Wizinowich, Bert Pasquale, Guillaume Filion, Maxwell A Miller-Blanchaer, John Mather, Shui Hung Kwok, Scott Lilley, Jean Thomas Landry, Luke Gers, Eduardo Marin, Sam Ragland, Ed Wetherell, Jason Chin, Rebecca Jensen-Clem, Peter Kurczynski, Shobita Satyapal, Peter Plavchan, Etienne Gauvin, Imke de Pater, Steph Sallum, and Eric Nielsen
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Instrumentation And Photography - Abstract
A new breed of space-ground hybrid observatory, the Orbiting Configurable Artificial Star (ORCAS) mission is working with the W. M. Keck Observatory (WMKO) to demonstrate the viability of diffraction-limited visible imaging from large ground telescopes. To support that, we have built and delivered ORKID (The ORCAS Keck Instrument Demonstrator) as an early visible-wavelength performance demonstration with the Keck II Adaptive Optics (AO) system. By enabling AO and flux calibration observations, the low-cost ORCAS/ORKID mission will deliver highly detailed images to support many scientific advances. A community driven observation plan will provide Great Observatory quality capabilities open to all US observers. These observations will result in unique science for the mission, while also complementing and extending space-borne science.
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- 2022