On-sky commissioning of MAROON-X: a new precision radial velocity spectrograph for Gemini North

Andreas Seifahrt; Jacob L. Bean; Julian Stürmer; David Kasper; Luke Gers; Christian Schwab; Mathias Zechmeister; Guðmundur Stefánsson; Ben Montet; Leonardo A. Dos Santos; Alison Peck; John White; Eduardo Tapia

doi:10.1117/12.2561564

On-sky commissioning of MAROON-X: a new precision radial velocity spectrograph for Gemini North

Andreas Seifahrt^*, Jacob L. Bean, Julian Stürmer, David Kasper, Luke Gers, Christian Schwab, Mathias Zechmeister, Guðmundur Stefánsson, Ben Montet, Leonardo A. Dos Santos, Alison Peck, John White, Eduardo Tapia

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Abstract

MAROON-X is a fiber-fed, red-optical, high precision radial velocity spectrograph recently commissioned at the Gemini North telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i. With a resolving power of 85,000 and a wavelength coverage of 500-920 nm, it delivers radial velocity measurements for late K and M dwarfs with sub-50 cm s^-1 precision. MAROON-X is currently the only optical EPRV spectrograph on a 8 m-class telescope in the northern hemisphere and the only EPRV instrument on a large telescope with full access by the entire US community. We report here on the results of the commissioning campaign in December 2019 and early science results.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII
Editors	Christopher J. Evans, Julia J. Bryant, Kentaro Motohara
Place of Publication	Bellingham, Washington
Publisher	SPIE
Pages	114471F-1-114471F-21
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510636828
ISBN (Print)	9781510636811
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561564
Publication status	Published - 14 Dec 2020
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII 2020 - Virtual, Online, United States Duration: 14 Dec 2020 → 22 Dec 2020

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE
Publisher	SPIE
Volume	11447
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	Virtual, Online
Period	14/12/20 → 22/12/20

Keywords

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

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Seifahrt, A., Bean, J. L., Stürmer, J., Kasper, D., Gers, L., Schwab, C., Zechmeister, M., Stefánsson, G., Montet, B., Dos Santos, L. A., Peck, A., White, J., & Tapia, E. (2020). On-sky commissioning of MAROON-X: a new precision radial velocity spectrograph for Gemini North. In C. J. Evans, J. J. Bryant, & K. Motohara (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII (pp. 114471F-1-114471F-21). Article 114471F (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 11447). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561564

Seifahrt, Andreas ; Bean, Jacob L. ; Stürmer, Julian et al. / On-sky commissioning of MAROON-X : a new precision radial velocity spectrograph for Gemini North. Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII. editor / Christopher J. Evans ; Julia J. Bryant ; Kentaro Motohara. Bellingham, Washington : SPIE, 2020. pp. 114471F-1-114471F-21 (Proceedings of SPIE).

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On-sky commissioning of MAROON-X: a new precision radial velocity spectrograph for Gemini North. / Seifahrt, Andreas; Bean, Jacob L.; Stürmer, Julian et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII. ed. / Christopher J. Evans; Julia J. Bryant; Kentaro Motohara. Bellingham, Washington: SPIE, 2020. p. 114471F-1-114471F-21 114471F (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 11447).

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