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Status and new operation modes of the versatile VLT/NACO
Julien H. V. Girard, Markus Kasper, Sascha P. Quanz +14
This paper aims at giving an update on the most versatile adaptive optics fed instrument to date, the well known and successful NACO . Although NACO is only scheduled for about two…
First Results From VLT NACO Apodizing Phase Plate: 4-micron Images of the Exoplanet beta Pictoris b
Sascha P. Quanz, Michael R. Meyer, Matthew Kenworthy +9
Direct imaging of exoplanets requires both high contrast and high spatial resolution. Here, we present the first scientific results obtained with the newly commissioned Apodizing P…
An apodizing phase plate coronagraph for VLT/NACO
Matthew A. Kenworthy, Sascha P. Quanz, Michael R. Meyer +5
We describe a coronagraphic optic for use with CONICA at the VLT that provides suppression of diffraction from 1.8 to 7 lambda/D at 4.05 microns, an optimal wavelength for direct i…
Constraints on Long-Period Planets from an L' and M band Survey of Nearby Sun-Like Stars: Observations
A. N. Heinze, Philip M. Hinz, Suresh Sivanandam +3
We present the observational results of an L' and M band Adaptive Optics (AO) imaging survey of 54 nearby, sunlike stars for extrasolar planets, carried out using the Clio camera o…
Constraints on Long-Period Planets from an L' and M band Survey of Nearby Sun-Like Stars: Modeling Results
A. N. Heinze, Philip M. Hinz, Matthew Kenworthy +3
We have carried out an L' and M band Adaptive Optics (AO) extrasolar planet imaging survey of 54 nearby, sunlike stars using the Clio camera at the MMT. Our survey concentrates mor…
Thermal Infrared MMTAO Observations of the HR 8799 Planetary System
Philip M. Hinz, Timothy J. Rodigas, Matthew A. Kenworthy +4
We present direct imaging observations at wavelengths of 3.3, 3.8 (L',band), and 4.8 (M band) microns, for the planetary system surrounding HR 8799. All three planets are detected…