Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-05-13
Astrophys.J.698:28-42,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Astrophysical Journal 698 (2009) 28-42
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-637X/698/1/28
We propose a complete framework for the detection, astrometry, and photometry of faint companions from a sequence of adaptive optics corrected short exposures. The algorithms exploit the difference in statistics between the on-axis and off-axis intensity. Using moderate-Strehl ratio data obtained with the natural guide star adaptive optics system on the Lick Observatory's 3-m Shane Telescope, we compare these methods to the standard approach of PSF fitting. We give detection limits for the Lick system, as well as a first guide to expected accuracy of differential photometry and astrometry with the new techniques. The proposed approach to detection offers a new way of determining dynamic range, while the new algorithms for differential photometry and astrometry yield accurate results for very faint and close-in companions where PSF fitting fails. All three proposed algorithms are self-calibrating, i.e. they do not require observation of a calibration star thus improving the observing efficiency.
Christou Julian C.
Gladysz Szymon
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