MAROON-X: a radial velocity spectrograph for the Gemini Observatory

Andreas Seifahrt; Julian Stürmer; Jacob L. Bean; Christian Schwab

doi:10.1117/12.2312936

6 July 2018 MAROON-X: a radial velocity spectrograph for the Gemini Observatory

Andreas Seifahrt, Julian Stürmer, Jacob L. Bean, Christian Schwab

Proceedings Volume 10702, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII; 107026D (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312936
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

MAROON-X is a red-optical, high precision radial velocity spectrograph currently nearing completion and undergoing extensive performance testing at the University of Chicago. The instrument is scheduled to be installed at Gemini North in the first quarter of 2019. MAROON-X will be the only RV spectrograph on a large telescope with full access by the entire US community. In these proceedings we discuss the latest addition of the red wavelength arm and the two science grade detector systems, as well as the design and construction of the telescope front end. We also present results from ongoing RV stability tests in the lab. First results indicate that MAROON-X can be calibrated at the sub-m s⁻¹ level, and perhaps even much better than that using a simultaneous reference approach.

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Andreas Seifahrt, Julian Stürmer, Jacob L. Bean, and Christian Schwab "MAROON-X: a radial velocity spectrograph for the Gemini Observatory", Proc. SPIE 10702, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, 107026D (6 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312936

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