Published January 6, 2014
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Direct imaging of Beta Pictoris b with first-light Magellan Adaptive Optics
Authors/Creators
- Morzinski, Katie M.
- Close, Laird M.
- Males, Jared R.
- Hinz, Phil M.
- Puglisi, Alfio
- Esposito, Simone
- Riccardi, Armando
- Pinna, Enrico
- Xompero, Marco
- Briguglio, Runa
- Follette, Kate
- Kopon, Derek
- Gasho, Victor
- Uomoto, Alan
- Hare, Tyson
- Skemer, Andy
- Arcidiacono, Carmelo
- Quiros-Pacheco, Fernando
- Argomedo, Javier
- Busoni, Lorenzo
- Rodigas, T. J.
- Wu, Ya-Lin
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AbstractMagAO is the newly-commissioned adaptive optics (AO) instrument on the Magellan Clay telescope at Las Companas Observatory, Chile. MagAO has two co-mounted science cameras: VisAO for visible-light direct and spectral-differential imaging; and Clio for near to thermal IR direct imaging, non-redundant-mask interference, and prism spectroscopy. We demonstrate MagAO's simultaneous visible and infrared AO performance via direct images of exoplanet Beta Pictoris b. The planet was detected in 5 passbands from 0.9–5μm. Here we show the infrared images; the visible observations are presented in Males et al. 2013. MagAO is the first AO system to offer good performance with extensive coverage across the O/IR spectrum and thus offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the spectral energy distributions of directly-imaged extrasolar planetary atmospheres.
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