_version_ 1866929621295955968
author Crepp, Justin R.
Crass, Jonathan
Bechter, Andrew J.
Sands, Brian L.
Ketterer, Ryan
King, David
Kopon, Derek
Hamper, Randall
Engstrom, Matthew
Smous, James E.
Bechter, Eric B.
Harris, Robert
Johnson, Marshall C.
Baggett, Nicholas
Dulz, Shannon
Vansickle, Michael
Conrad, Al
Ertel, Steve
Gaudi, B. Scott
Hinz, Philip
Kuchner, Marc
Montoya, Manny
Onuma, Eleanya
Ott, Melanie
Pogge, Richard
Rahmer, Gustavo
Reynolds, Robert
Schwab, Christian
Stapelfeldt, Karl
Thomes, Joseph
Vaz, Amali
Wang, Ji
Woodward, Charles E.
author_facet Crepp, Justin R.
Crass, Jonathan
Bechter, Andrew J.
Sands, Brian L.
Ketterer, Ryan
King, David
Kopon, Derek
Hamper, Randall
Engstrom, Matthew
Smous, James E.
Bechter, Eric B.
Harris, Robert
Johnson, Marshall C.
Baggett, Nicholas
Dulz, Shannon
Vansickle, Michael
Conrad, Al
Ertel, Steve
Gaudi, B. Scott
Hinz, Philip
Kuchner, Marc
Montoya, Manny
Onuma, Eleanya
Ott, Melanie
Pogge, Richard
Rahmer, Gustavo
Reynolds, Robert
Schwab, Christian
Stapelfeldt, Karl
Thomes, Joseph
Vaz, Amali
Wang, Ji
Woodward, Charles E.
contents Precision radial velocity (RV) spectrographs that use adaptive optics (AO) show promise to advance telescope observing capabilities beyond those of seeing-limited designs. We are building a spectrograph for the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) named iLocater that uses AO to inject starlight directly into single mode fibers (SMF). iLocater's first acquisition camera system (the `SX' camera), which receives light from one of the 8.4m diameter primary mirrors of the LBT, was initially installed in summer 2019 and has since been used for several commissioning runs. We present results from first-light observations that include on-sky measurements as part of commissioning activities. Imaging measurements of the bright B3IV star 2 Cygni ($V=4.98$) resulted in the direct detection of a candidate companion star at an angular separation of only $θ= 70$ mas. Follow-up AO measurements using Keck/NIRC2 recover the candidate companion in multiple filters. An $R\approx1500$ miniature spectrograph recently installed at the LBT named ``Lili'' provides spatially resolved spectra of each binary component, indicating similar spectral types and strengthening the case for companionship. Studying the multiplicity of young runaway star systems like 2 Cygni ($36.6 \pm 0.5$ Myr) can help to understand formation mechanisms for stars that exhibit anomalous velocities through the galaxy. This on-sky demonstration illustrates the spatial resolution of the iLocater SX acquisition camera working in tandem with the LBT AO system; it further derisks a number of technical hurdles involved in combining AO with Doppler spectroscopy.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2412_06982
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Resolving the Young 2 Cygni Run-away Star into a Binary using iLocater
Crepp, Justin R.
Crass, Jonathan
Bechter, Andrew J.
Sands, Brian L.
Ketterer, Ryan
King, David
Kopon, Derek
Hamper, Randall
Engstrom, Matthew
Smous, James E.
Bechter, Eric B.
Harris, Robert
Johnson, Marshall C.
Baggett, Nicholas
Dulz, Shannon
Vansickle, Michael
Conrad, Al
Ertel, Steve
Gaudi, B. Scott
Hinz, Philip
Kuchner, Marc
Montoya, Manny
Onuma, Eleanya
Ott, Melanie
Pogge, Richard
Rahmer, Gustavo
Reynolds, Robert
Schwab, Christian
Stapelfeldt, Karl
Thomes, Joseph
Vaz, Amali
Wang, Ji
Woodward, Charles E.
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Precision radial velocity (RV) spectrographs that use adaptive optics (AO) show promise to advance telescope observing capabilities beyond those of seeing-limited designs. We are building a spectrograph for the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) named iLocater that uses AO to inject starlight directly into single mode fibers (SMF). iLocater's first acquisition camera system (the `SX' camera), which receives light from one of the 8.4m diameter primary mirrors of the LBT, was initially installed in summer 2019 and has since been used for several commissioning runs. We present results from first-light observations that include on-sky measurements as part of commissioning activities. Imaging measurements of the bright B3IV star 2 Cygni ($V=4.98$) resulted in the direct detection of a candidate companion star at an angular separation of only $θ= 70$ mas. Follow-up AO measurements using Keck/NIRC2 recover the candidate companion in multiple filters. An $R\approx1500$ miniature spectrograph recently installed at the LBT named ``Lili'' provides spatially resolved spectra of each binary component, indicating similar spectral types and strengthening the case for companionship. Studying the multiplicity of young runaway star systems like 2 Cygni ($36.6 \pm 0.5$ Myr) can help to understand formation mechanisms for stars that exhibit anomalous velocities through the galaxy. This on-sky demonstration illustrates the spatial resolution of the iLocater SX acquisition camera working in tandem with the LBT AO system; it further derisks a number of technical hurdles involved in combining AO with Doppler spectroscopy.
title Resolving the Young 2 Cygni Run-away Star into a Binary using iLocater
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.06982