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Imaging faint companions very close to stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2011

Eugene Serabyn ,
Dimitri Mawet  and
Rick Burruss
Eugene Serabyn
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA email: gene.serabyn@jpl.nasa.gov
Dimitri Mawet
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA email: gene.serabyn@jpl.nasa.gov
Rick Burruss
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA email: gene.serabyn@jpl.nasa.gov
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Abstract

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A vortex coronagraph on our extreme adaptive optics “well-corrected subaperture” on the Hale telescope has recently allowed the imaging of the triple-planet HR8799 system with a 1.5 m subaperture. Moreover, a faint, low-mass companion to a second star was imaged only one diffraction beam width away from the primary. These results illustrate the potential of the vortex coronagraph, which can enable exoplanet imaging and characterization with smaller telescopes than previously thought.

Keywords

instrumentation: adaptive opticsplanetary systemsbinaries (including multiple): close
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S276: The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution , October 2010 , pp. 551 - 552
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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