5 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

The Galactic Centre G+0.633-0.0604 Molecular Cloud: A New Gold Mine for Astrochemistry

D. San Andrés, L. Colzi, V. M. Rivilla +4

Astrochemistry is living a golden age, with more than a quarter of the ~350 molecules in the current interstellar census having been detected over the last three years. One of the…

astro-ph.IM2026

Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Courtney D. Dressing, Danica Adams, Evelyne Alecian +324

The paper summarizes 70 science cases for the proposed NASA Habitable Worlds Observatory, outlining the observational needs across four scientific pillars and detailing required ca…

astro-ph.IM2026

GRAVITY+: reducing non-common-path aberrations for sub-10 μas astrometric accuracy

Quentin Fournier, Guillaume Bourdarot, Frank Eisenhauer +26

GRAVITY is a state-of-the-art instrument for near-infrared astrometric interferometry that routinely achieves astrometric accuracy of 30-100 microarcsecond in its phase-referenced…

astro-ph.SR2026

New Spatially Resolved Observations of Betelgeuse from the VLA and ALMA: Evidence for Atmospheric Perturbations from a Close Companion

L. D. Matthews, A. K. Dupree, A. M. S. Richards +1

We present new spatially resolved observations of the red supergiant Betelgeuse ( Orionis) at seven frequencies: 22 GHz (1.36cm); 44 GHz (6.8mm); 107 GHz (2.8mm); 136 G…

astro-ph.IM2026

The Tartu Observatory Fiber-fed Echelle Spectrograph (TOFES) Data Reduction Pipeline

Sandipan P. D. Borthakur, Tõnis Eenmäe, Nikolai Piskunov +9

We introduce the data reduction pipeline for the Tartu Observatory Fiber-fed Echelle Spectrograph (TOFES). TOFES is installed in the Coudé room and will be connected to the 1.5 m…