MAROON-X: the first two years of EPRVs from Gemini North

Andreas Seifahrt; Jacob L. Bean; David Kasper; Julian Sturmer; Madison Brady; Robert Liu; Mathias Zechmeister; Guðmundur Stefánsson; null Ben Montet; John White; Eduardo Tapia; Teo Mocnik; Siyi Xu; Christian Schwab

doi:10.1117/12.2629428

MAROON-X: the first two years of EPRVs from Gemini North

Andreas Seifahrt^*, Jacob L. Bean, David Kasper, Julian Sturmer, Madison Brady, Robert Liu, Mathias Zechmeister, Guðmundur Stefánsson, Ben Montet, John White, Eduardo Tapia, Teo Mocnik, Siyi Xu, Christian Schwab

^*Corresponding author for this work

Australian Astronomical Optics

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Abstract

MAROON-X is a fiber-fed, optical EPRV spectrograph at the 8-m Gemini North Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i. MAROON-X was commissioned as a visiting instrument in December 2019 and is in regular use since May 2020. Originally designed for RV observations of M-dwarfs, the instrument is used for a broad range of exoplanet and stellar science cases and has transitioned to be the second-most requested instrument on Gemini North over a number of semesters. We report here on the first two years of operations and radial velocity observations. MAROON-X regularly achieves sub-m/s RV performance on sky with a short-term instrumental noise floor at the 30 cm/s level. We will discuss various technical aspects in achieving this level of precision and how to further improve long-term performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX
Editors	Christopher J. Evans, Julia J. Bryant, Kentaro Motohara
Place of Publication	Washington, DC
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	1-15
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510653504
ISBN (Print)	9781510653498
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629428
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	Conference on Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX - Montreal, Canada Duration: 17 Jul 2022 → 22 Jul 2022

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	12184
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Conference on Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	17/07/22 → 22/07/22

Keywords

Gemini Observatory
EPRV
Radial velocity
Exoplanets
Echelle spectrograph
Optical fibers
Pupil slicer

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Seifahrt, A., Bean, J. L., Kasper, D., Sturmer, J., Brady, M., Liu, R., Zechmeister, M., Stefánsson, G., Ben Montet, White, J., Tapia, E., Mocnik, T., Xu, S., & Schwab, C. (2022). MAROON-X: the first two years of EPRVs from Gemini North. In C. J. Evans, J. J. Bryant, & K. Motohara (Eds.), Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX (pp. 1-15). Article 121841G (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 12184). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629428

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Seifahrt, A, Bean, JL, Kasper, D, Sturmer, J, Brady, M, Liu, R, Zechmeister, M, Stefánsson, G, Ben Montet, White, J, Tapia, E, Mocnik, T, Xu, S & Schwab, C 2022, MAROON-X: the first two years of EPRVs from Gemini North. in CJ Evans, JJ Bryant & K Motohara (eds), Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX., 121841G, Proceedings of SPIE, vol. 12184, SPIE, Washington, DC, pp. 1-15, Conference on Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, Montreal, Canada, 17/07/22. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629428

MAROON-X: the first two years of EPRVs from Gemini North. / Seifahrt, Andreas; Bean, Jacob L.; Kasper, David et al.
Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX. ed. / Christopher J. Evans; Julia J. Bryant; Kentaro Motohara. Washington, DC: SPIE, 2022. p. 1-15 121841G (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 12184).

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