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Dual and lensed AGN at sub-arcsecond separations uncovered by ERIS
M. V. Zanchettin, F. Mannucci, Q. D'Amato +62
We present the first results of the ongoing INAF GTO program focused on the search of sub-arcsecond dual AGN, carried out with the near-infrared integral-field unit SPIFFIER of the…
Direct Imaging Discovery of Giant Exoplanet Pictoris d: A Decade-Long Game of Hide-and-Seek
Ben J. Sutlieff, Markus J. Bonse, Valentin Christiaens +94
We report the direct imaging discovery of a third exoplanet in the Pictoris system. We detect Pictoris d ( Pic d) in non-coronagraphic observations obtained with VLT/ERI…
VLTI-GRAVITY measurements of cool evolved stars: II. Pulsation properties and mass-loss process of the Mira star R Car and the red supergiant VX Sgr
D. Jadlovský, M. Wittkowski, A. Chiavassa +9
The mass-loss process of red supergiant (RSG) and asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars and its relation to variability are poorly constrained. We study two evolved stars, the Mira-t…
The VLT/ERIS grating vector Apodizing Phase Plate coronagraph
M. A. Kenworthy, F. A. Dannert, J. Hayoz +29
We describe the design, laboratory manufacture, and on-sky testing of the grating vector apodizing phase plate (gvAPP) coronagraph for the Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrogra…
Betelgeuse: Detection of the Expanding Wake of the Companion Star
Andrea K. Dupree, Paul I. Cristofari, Morgan MacLeod +1
Recent analyses conclude that Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star (HD 39801), likely has a companion object with a period of about 2000 days orbiting at only 2.3 stellar radii, deep…
The gas streamer G1-2-3 in the Galactic Center
S. Gillessen, F. Eisenhauer, J. Cuadra +61
The black hole in the Galactic Center, Sgr A*, is prototypical for ultra-low-fed galactic nuclei. The discovery of a hand-full of gas clumps in the realm of a few Earth masses in i…
Hidden massive eclipsing binaries in red supergiant systems: The hierarchical triple system KQ Puppis and other candidates
D. Jadlovský, L. Molnár, A. Ercolino +26
The majority of massive stars are part of binary systems that may interact during their evolution. However, not many RSGs are known binaries, and only a few have constrained orbita…
High-contrast spectroscopy with the new VLT/ERIS instrument: Molecular maps and radial velocity of the gas giant AF Lep b
Jean Hayoz, Markus Johannes Bonse, Felix Dannert +66
The Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph (ERIS) is the new Adaptive-Optics (AO) assisted Infrared instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Its refurbished Integral Fiel…
The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: design and performance of the Focal Plane Mechanism prototype
Kateryna Kravchenko, Sebastian Rabien, Matthias Deysenroth +7
MICADO is a first-generation instrument for the ELT. It will provide diffraction-limited imaging in standard, astrometric, and coronagraphic modes and long-slit spectroscopy at nea…
The MICADO first light imager for the ELT: off-axis performance of PSF reconstruction
Matteo Simioni, Daniel Jodlbauer, Carmelo Arcidiacono +14
The highest scientific return, for adaptive optics (AO) observations, is achieved with a reliable reconstruction of the PSF. This is especially true for MICADO@ELT. In this present…
VELOcities of CEpheids (VELOCE) I. High-precision radial velocities of Cepheids
Richard I. Anderson, Giordano Viviani, Shreeya S. Shetye +27
This first VELOCE data release comprises 18,225 high-precision RV measurements of 258 bona fide classical Cepheids on both hemispheres collected mainly between 2010 and 2022, along…
Signatures of convection in the atmospheres of cool evolved stars
Andrea Chiavassa, Kateryna Kravchenko, Jared A. Goldberg
Evolved cool stars of various masses are major cosmic engines, delivering substantial mechanical and radiative feedback to the interstellar medium through strong stellar winds and…
The Great Dimming of Betelgeuse: the photosphere as revealed by tomography over the past 15 years
Daniel Jadlovský, Thomas Granzer, Michael Weber +6
Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star of semi-regular variability, reached a historical minimum brightness in February 2020, known as the Great Dimming. Even though the brightness has…
GMP-selected dual and lensed AGNs: selection function and classification based on near-IR colors and resolved spectra from VLT/ERIS, KECK/OSIRIS, and LBT/LUCI
F. Mannucci, M. Scialpi, A. Ciurlo +44
The Gaia-Multi-Peak (GMP) technique can be used to identify large numbers of dual or lensed AGN candidates at sub-arcsec separation, allowing us to study both multiple SMBHs in the…
The Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph for the VLT
R. Davies, O. Absil, G. Agapito +81
ERIS, the Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph, is an instrument that both extends and enhances the fundamental diffraction limited imaging and spectroscopy capability for t…
Tomography of evolved star atmospheres
Kateryna Kravchenko
Cool giant and supergiant stars are among the largest and most luminous stars in the Universe and, therefore, dominate the integrated light of their host galaxies. These stars were…
First on-sky results of ERIS at VLT
Kateryna Kravchenko, Yigit Dallilar, Olivier Absil +46
ERIS (Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph) is a new adaptive optics instrument installed at the Cassegrain focus of the VLT-UT4 telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chil…
The effect of winds on atmospheric layers of red supergiants I. Modelling for interferometric observations
G. González-Torà, M. Wittkowski, B. Davies +2
Red supergiants (RSGs) are evolved massive stars in a stage preceding core-collapse supernova. The physical processes that trigger mass loss in their atmospheres are still not full…
The Great Dimming of Betelgeuse: a Surface Mass Ejection (SME) and its Consequences
Andrea K. Dupree, Klaus G. Strassmeier, Thomas Calderwood +7
The bright supergiant, Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis, HD 39801), underwent a historic optical dimming during 2020 January 27 February 13. Many imaging and spectroscopic observation…
A dusty veil shading Betelgeuse during its Great Dimming
M. Montargès, E. Cannon, E. Lagadec +24
Red supergiants are the most common final evolutionary stage of stars that have initial masses between 8 and 35 times that of the Sun. During this stage, which lasts roughly 100,00…
The extended atmosphere and circumstellar environment of the cool evolved star VX Sagittarii as seen by MATISSE
A. Chiavassa, K. Kravchenko, M. Montargès +50
Context. VX Sgr is a cool, evolved, and luminous red star whose stellar parameters are difficult to determine, which affects its classification. Aims. We aim to spatially resolve t…
Titanium oxide and chemical inhomogeneity in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-189b
Bibiana Prinoth, H. Jens Hoeijmakers, Daniel Kitzmann +21
The temperature of an atmosphere decreases with increasing altitude, unless a shortwave absorber exists that causes a temperature inversion. Ozone plays this role in the Earth`s at…
Atmosphere of Betelgeuse before and during the Great Dimming event revealed by tomography
K. Kravchenko, A. Jorissen, S. Van Eck +7
Despite being the best studied red supergiant star in our Galaxy, the physics behind the photometric variability and mass loss of Betelgeuse is poorly understood. Moreover, recentl…
Tomography of cool giant and supergiant star atmospheres III. Validation of the method on VLTI/AMBER observations of the Mira star S Ori
Kateryna Kravchenko, Markus Wittkowski, Alain Jorissen +5
The knowledge of the structure and dynamics of AGB-star atmospheres is crucial to better understand the mass loss. The tomographic method, that relies on the design of spectral mas…