The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences awarded a $520,894 Project Grant to the University of Arizona under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to develop improved image processing software for high-contrast imaging of exoplanets. The project aims to leverage wavefront sensor data from adaptive optics systems to enhance exoplanet detection and characterization capabilities of existing ground-based telescopes. The investigators will implement, test, and deploy this telemetry-based post-processing software on the MagAO-X and SCExAO extreme-adaptive optics coronagraph instruments, making it freely available to the astronomy community. This approach is expected to significantly increase the sensitivity of these instruments for directly imaging faint, low-mass exoplanets at small separations from their host stars. The project period runs from September 1, 2023 to August 31, 2025.
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