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astro-ph.GA2021★ 96 cited

Thermal imaging of dust hiding the black hole in the Active Galaxy NGC 1068

Violeta Gamez Rosas, Jacob W. Isbell, Walter Jaffe +49

In the widely accepted 'Unified Model' solution of the classification puzzle of Active Galactic Nuclei, the orientation of a dusty accretion torus around the central black hole dom…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 12 cited

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…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 14 cited

VLTI-MATISSE L- and N-band aperture-synthesis imaging of the unclassified B[e] star FS Canis Majoris

K. -H. Hofmann, A. Bensberg, D. Schertl +58

Context: FS Canis Majoris (FS CMa, HD 45677) is an unclassified B[e] star surrounded by an inclined dust disk. The evolutionary stage of FS CMa is still debated. Perpendicular to t…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 3 cited

Refined fundamental parameters of Canopus from combined near-IR interferometry and spectral energy distribution

A. Domiciano de Souza, J. Zorec, F. Millour +3

Canopus, the brightest and closest yellow supergiant to our Solar System, offers a unique laboratory for understanding the physics of evolved massive stars. The accurate and precis…

astro-ph.GA2021

A geometric distance to the supermassive black Hole of NGC 3783

GRAVITY Collaboration, A. Amorim, M. Bauböck +45

The angular size of the broad line region (BLR) of the nearby active galactic nucleus (AGN) NGC 3783 has been spatially resolved by recent observations with VLTI/GRAVITY. A reverbe…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 12 cited

First MATISSE L-band observations of HD 179218. Is the inner 10 au region rich in carbon dust particles?

E. Kokoulina, A. Matter, B. Lopez +58

Carbon is one of the most abundant components in the Universe. While silicates have been the main focus of solid phase studies in protoplanetary discs (PPDs), little is known about…