[ASA] Orbiting Configurable Artificial Star - Mission white paper solicitation

[Karl Glazebrook]

Dear ASA astronomers,

The ORCAS mission could provide ground based telescopes with high Strehl visible adaptive optics through use of an orbiting beacon. For example the 10m Keck telescope could achieve 10 milliarcsec spatial resolution at 500 nm.

I have been asked on behalf of the ORCAS team (of which I am a member) to distribute this white paper call to Australian astronomers. The mission offers exciting opportunities for adaptive optics on Keck and future ELTs, an area where we have many active researchers. I am happy to be a contact for further information.

Best

Karl


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Prof. Karl Glazebrook FAA FASA
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Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Dear WMKO community,
The ORCAS mission team is accepting White Papers describing breakthrough science cases that would utilize the proposed ORCAS (Orbiting Configurable Artificial Star) adaptive optics (AO) system with an instrument package(s) for the W. M. Keck Observatory. For the first phase, we plan on a single conjugate AO system with a field of view governed by the isoplanatic patch.

This is an opportunity to drive the science case for the mission and identify new WMKO instrument capabilities in support of the mission.

The white paper call and links to the ORCAS mission information and team members is accessed at: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/8TKEC3QNPBirm90YC2MUQj?domain=asd.gsfc.nasa.gov<https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/tiLTC4QOPEiwJ93AuWpnXL?domain=keckobservatory.us6.list-manage.com>

On behalf of the ORCAS mission team,

John O’Meara
Chief Scientist
W. M. Keck Observatory

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