2025AJ....169..253B


Query : 2025AJ....169..253B

2025AJ....169..253B - Astron. J., 169, 253 (2025/May-0)

Calibrating the Instrumental Drift in MAROON-X Using an Ensemble Analysis.

BASANT R., DAS T., BEAN J.L., LUQUE R., SEIFAHRT A., BRADY M., BROWN N., STURMER J., KASPER D. and STEFANSSON G.

Abstract (from CDS):

MAROON-X is a state-of-the-art extreme-precision radial velocity spectrograph deployed on the 8.1 m Gemini-N telescope on Maunakea, Hawai'i. Using a stabilized Fabry-Pérot etalon for wavelength and drift calibration, MAROON-X has achieved a short-term precision of ∼30 cm s–1. However, due to a long-term drift in the etalon (2.2 cm s–1 per day) and various interruptions of the instrument baseline over the first few years of operation, MAROON-X experiences radial velocity (RV) offsets between observing runs several times larger than the short-term precision during any individual run, which hinders the detection of longer-period signals. In this study, we analyze RV measurements of 11 targets that either exhibit small RV scatter or have signals that can be precisely constrained using Keplerian or Gaussian process models. Leveraging this ensemble, we calibrate MAROON-X's run offsets for data collected between 2020 September and early 2024 January to a precision of ∼0.5 m s–1. When applying these calibrated offsets to HD 3651, a quiet star, we obtain residual velocities with an rms of <70 cm s–1 in both the red and blue channels of MAROON-X over a baseline of 29 months. We also demonstrate the sensitivity of MAROON-X data calibrated with these offsets through a series of injection-recovery tests. Based on our findings, MAROON-X is capable of detecting sub m s–1 signals out to periods of more than 1000 days.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): Radial velocity - High resolution spectroscopy

Simbad objects: 12

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Number of rows : 12
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 HD 1326 PM* 00 18 22.8849799680 +44 01 22.637951588   9.61 8.14 7.3   M2V 602 0
2 * 54 Psc PM* 00 39 21.8053928046 +21 15 01.712899720 7.29 6.71 5.88 5.21 4.82 K0.5V 630 1
3 * 54 Psc b Pl 00 39 21.8053928046 +21 15 01.712899720           ~ 61 2
4 * tau Cet PM* 01 44 04.0831371922 -15 56 14.927607677 4.43 4.22 3.50 2.88 2.41 G8V 1354 1
5 NAME Teegarden's Star LM* 02 53 00.8917932409 +16 52 52.632190137   17.21 15.14 13.03 10.65 dM6 207 0
6 BD+05 1668 PM* 07 27 24.4989685603 +05 13 32.841491057 12.558 11.443 9.872 8.699 7.161 M3.5V 477 0
7 HD 95735 PM* 11 03 20.1948195942 +35 58 11.576182057 10.030 8.960 7.520 5.99 4.79 M2+V 795 0
8 Ross 128 PM* 11 47 44.3972681420 +00 48 16.400337591 14.223 12.905 11.153 9.859 8.184 dM4 484 0
9 HD 127334 PM* 14 29 36.8087722032 +41 47 45.285437076 7.370 7.050   5.9   G5VCH0.3 196 0
10 NAME Barnard's star BY* 17 57 48.4984700685 +04 41 36.113879676 12.497 11.24 9.511 8.298 6.741 M4V 907 2
11 Ross 248 BY* 23 41 55.0363002516 +44 10 38.818911116   14.19   11.1   M5.0V 361 0
12 V* BR Psc BY* 23 49 12.5250852078 +02 24 04.405476893 11.532 10.427 8.993 8.029 6.946 dM1 370 0

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