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astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

A Multiband Study of the HR 4796A Disk in the Optical Using MagAO-X

Jay K. Kueny, Alycia J. Weinberger, Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin +18

We present total intensity images of the debris disk around HR 4796A from observations spanning 2023 to 2025 with the Magellan extreme adaptive optics instrument (MagAO-X). We dete…

astro-ph.EP2026

The spectral energy distribution of YSES 1 b and its circumplanetary disc

Michiel Darcis, Sebastiaan Y. Haffert, Tomas Stolker +18

Context. Direct imaging enables the characterisation of substellar companions on wide orbits. These objects provide a testbed for our formation theories; therefore, it is important…

astro-ph.EP2025

Wide Separation Planets In Time (WISPIT): Discovery of a Gap H Protoplanet WISPIT 2b with MagAO-X

Laird M. Close, Richelle F. van Capelleveen, Gabriel Weible +34

Excellent (<25 mas) H images of the star TYC 5709-354-1 led to the discovery of a rare H protoplanet. This star was discovered by the WISPIT survey to have a large multi-ri…

astro-ph.EP2025

Discovery of H Emission from a Protoplanet Candidate Around the Young Star 2MASS J16120668-3010270 with MagAO-X

Jialin Li, Laird M. Close, Feng Long +32

2MASS J16120668-3010270 (hereafter 2MJ1612) is a young M0 star that hosts a protoplanetary disk in the Upper Scorpious star-forming region. Recent ALMA observations of 2MJ1612 show…

astro-ph.EP2025

A planetary-mass candidate imaged in the Young Suns Exoplanet Survey

Pengyu Liu, Matthew A. Kenworthy, Beth A. Biller +26

Directly imaged exoplanets in wide orbits challenge current gas giant formation theories. They need to form quickly and acquire enough material before the disk dissipates, which ca…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 23 cited

Three Years of High-Contrast Imaging of the PDS 70 b and c Exoplanets at Hα with MagAO-X: Evidence of Strong Protoplanet Hα Variability and Circumplanetary Dust

Laird M. Close, Jared R. Males, Jialin Li +23

We present 3 years of high-contrast imaging of the PDS 70 b and c accreting protoplanets with the new extreme AO system MagAO-X as part of the MaxProtoPlanetS survey of H protop…

astro-ph.EP2024

Challenge of direct imaging of exoplanets within structures: disentangling real signal from point source from background light

Jialin Li, Laird M. Close, Jared R. Males +19

The high contrast and spatial resolution requirements for directly imaging exoplanets requires effective coordination of wavefront control, coronagraphy, observation techniques, an…

astro-ph.EP2023

MagAO-X and HST high-contrast imaging of the AS209 disk at H

Gabriele Cugno, Yifan Zhou, Thanawuth Thanathibodee +22

The detection of emission lines associated with accretion processes is a direct method for studying how and where gas giant planets form, how young planets interact with their nata…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 6 cited

Improved companion mass limits for Sirius A with thermal infrared coronagraphy using a vector-apodizing phase plate and time-domain starlight-subtraction techniques

Joseph D. Long, Jared R. Males, Sebastiaan Y. Haffert +12

We use observations with the infrared-optimized MagAO system and Clio camera in 3.9 m light to place stringent mass constraints on possible undetected companions to Sirius A. We…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 171 cited

Magellan Adaptive Optics Imaging of PDS 70: Measuring the Mass Accretion Rate of a Young Giant Planet within a Gapped Disk

Kevin Wagner, Katherine B. Follette, Laird M. Close +11

PDS 70b is a recently discovered and directly imaged exoplanet within the wide (40 au) cavity around PDS 70 (Keppler et al. 2018, Müller et al. 2018). Ongoing accretion on…