Adaptive optics – Gemini Planet Imager

December 5, 2019

Published by Franck Marchis at December 5, 2019

The exoplanet Beta Pictoris b. And yet it moves

Eric Nielsen, formerly a post-doc at the SETI Institute and now a researcher at Stanford University, led a study of the planet beta Pictoris b that […]

August 6, 2015

Published by S. Mark Ammons at August 6, 2015

How GPI Works to See Planets

I sometimes compare the challenge of directly detecting a Jupiter orbiting a nearby star to finding a glowing needle in a haystack. Oh, and by the […]

February 8, 2014

Published by Franck Marchis at February 8, 2014

GPI Technology: Gemini Planet Imager Adaptive Optics uses Boston Micromachines MEMS deformable mirror

Adapted from Boston Micromachines Corporation press release CAMBRIDGE, MA–(Marketwired – Feb 3, 2014) – Boston Micromachines Corporation (BMC), a leading provider of MEMS-based deformable mirror (DM) products, adaptive […]