Award Abstract #0215793
Development of a Precision Stellar Coronagraph for Imaging Exoplanets, Brown Dwarfs and Disks
NSF Org: |
AST
Division of Astronomical Sciences
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Initial Amendment Date: |
August 8, 2002 |
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Latest Amendment Date: |
August 8, 2002 |
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Award Number: |
0215793 |
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Award Instrument: |
Standard Grant |
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Program Manager: |
Andrew Clegg
AST Division of Astronomical Sciences
MPS Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences
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Start Date: |
September 1, 2002 |
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Expires: |
August 31, 2006 (Estimated) |
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Awarded Amount to Date: |
$524120 |
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Investigator(s): |
Ben Oppenheimer bro@amnh.org (Principal Investigator)
Michael Shara (Co-Principal Investigator)
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Sponsor: |
American Museum Natural History
Central Park West at 79th St
New York, NY 10024 212/769-5975
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NSF Program(s): |
MAJOR RESEARCH INSTRUMENTATION
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Field Application(s): |
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Program Reference Code(s): |
OTHR, 0000
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Program Element Code(s): |
1189
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ABSTRACT
AST-0215793
Oppenheimer, Ben R.
This project will produce a new coronagraph system to extend the well-understood and tested techniques of the classical coronagraph at the 3.67 meter Advanced Electro-Optical System (AEOS) telescope of the United States Air Force observatory at Haleakela, Maui, Hawaii. AEOS is equipped with a very high order (960 elements) adaptive optics unit to correct for atmospheric turbulence. The AEOS adaptive optics unit dramatically surpreses the seeing halo between radii of 0.2 and 1.5 arcseconds at a wavelength of 1.6 micrometers. It is within this region of the spatial information domain that enables compelling scientific analysis for the nearby vicinities of brown dwarfs, super-Jupiter planets, extra-solar system zodiacal dust disks. This instrumentation development establishes a new instrumentation program to provide graduate students in New York City to peruse instrumentation-based research programs. Undergraduates from an all-women college in New York will participate.
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