The PLACID active coronagraphic imager instrument: commissioning status

arXiv:2608.28226 · astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-08-28 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-08-28

Updated: 2026-08-28

Comments: 21 pages, 17 figures, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2026, Paper 14149-20

DOI: 10.1117/12.3102879

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Alignment — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 2× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes

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