TY - GEN
T1 - Direct imaging of Beta Pictoris b with first-light Magellan Adaptive Optics
AU - Morzinski, Katie M.
AU - Close, Laird M.
AU - Males, Jared R.
AU - Hinz, Phil M.
AU - Puglisi, Alfio
AU - Esposito, Simone
AU - Riccardi, Armando
AU - Pinna, Enrico
AU - Xompero, Marco
AU - Briguglio, Runa
AU - Follette, Kate
AU - Kopon, Derek
AU - Gasho, Victor
AU - Uomoto, Alan
AU - Hare, Tyson
AU - Skemer, Andy
AU - Arcidiacono, Carmelo
AU - Quiros-Pacheco, Fernando
AU - Argomedo, Javier
AU - Busoni, Lorenzo
AU - Rodigas, T. J.
AU - Wu, Ya Lin
PY - 2013/6
Y1 - 2013/6
N2 - MagAO 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.
AB - MagAO 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.
KW - Instrumentation: adaptive optics
KW - Planets and satellites: individual (Beta Pictoris b)
KW - Stars: individual (Beta Pictoris)
KW - Stars: planetary systems
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84891843110
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U2 - 10.1017/S1743921313008508
DO - 10.1017/S1743921313008508
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84891843110
SN - 9781107045200
T3 - Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
SP - 252
EP - 256
BT - Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems
PB - Cambridge University Press
ER -
