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Dissecting the Moth: Discovery of an off-centered ring in the HD 61005 debris disk with high-resolution imaging
Esther Buenzli, Christian Thalmann, Arthur Vigan +17
The debris disk known as "The Moth" is named after its unusually asymmetric surface brightness distribution. It is located around the ~90 Myr old G8V star HD 61005 at 34.5 pc and h…
Star formation in the Taurus filament L1495: From Dense Cores to Stars
Markus Schmalzl, Jouni Kainulainen, Sascha P. Quanz +6
We present a study of dense structures in the L1495 filament in the Taurus Molecular Cloud and examine its star-forming properties. In particular we construct a dust extinction map…
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…
A large, massive, rotating disk around an isolated young stellar object
Sascha P. Quanz, Henrik Beuther, Juergen Steinacker +5
We present multi-wavelengths observations and a radiative transfer model of a newly discovered massive circumstellar disk of gas and dust which is one of the largest disks known to…