High contrast imaging of an exoplanet with the magellan VisAO camera

Jared R. Males; Laird M. Close; Katie M. Morzinski; Derek Kopon; Alfio Puglisi; Victor Gasho; Kate Follette; Simone Esposito; Armando Riccardi; Enrico Pinna; Marco Xompero; Runa Briguglio; Carmelo Arcidiacono; Phil M. Hinz; Alan Uomoto; Tyson Hare; Fernando Quiros-Pacheco; Javier Argomedo; Lorenzo Busoni; T. J. Rodigas; Ya Lin Wu

doi:10.1017/S1743921313007801

High contrast imaging of an exoplanet with the magellan VisAO camera

Jared R. Males, Laird M. Close, Katie M. Morzinski, Derek Kopon, Alfio Puglisi, Victor Gasho, Kate Follette, Simone Esposito, Armando Riccardi, Enrico Pinna, Marco Xompero, Runa Briguglio, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Phil M. Hinz, Alan Uomoto, Tyson Hare, Fernando Quiros-Pacheco, Javier Argomedo, Lorenzo Busoni, T. J. RodigasYa Lin Wu

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Abstract

The Magellan Adaptive Optics (MagAO) system saw first light in November 2012 at Las Campanas Observatory (LCO) on the 6.5m Clay telescope. Here we present an introduction to MagAO's visible wavelength diffraction limited imager, VisAO. VisAO delivers Strehl ratios greater than 30% from 0.62 microns (r') through 1 micron, where Strehl is even higher, and achieved resolutions as small as 20 milli-arcseconds. We took advantage of the excellent performance of MagAO/VisAO to conduct high contrast observations of an exoplanet in the optical. With VisAO, we are, for the first time, able to begin characterizing exoplanet atmospheres in the optical from the ground.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	46-47
Number of pages	2
Edition	S299
ISBN (Print)	9781107045200
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921313007801
Publication status	Published - 2013 Jun
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Number	S299
Volume	8
ISSN (Print)	1743-9213
ISSN (Electronic)	1743-9221

Keywords

Instrumentation: adaptive optics
Planets and satellites: individual (Beta Pictoris b)
Stars: individual (Beta Pictoris)
Stars: planetary systems

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine (miscellaneous)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Space and Planetary Science

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Males, J. R., Close, L. M., Morzinski, K. M., Kopon, D., Puglisi, A., Gasho, V., Follette, K., Esposito, S., Riccardi, A., Pinna, E., Xompero, M., Briguglio, R., Arcidiacono, C., Hinz, P. M., Uomoto, A., Hare, T., Quiros-Pacheco, F., Argomedo, J., Busoni, L., ... Wu, Y. L. (2013). High contrast imaging of an exoplanet with the magellan VisAO camera. In Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems (S299 ed., pp. 46-47). (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union; Vol. 8, No. S299). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921313007801

High contrast imaging of an exoplanet with the magellan VisAO camera. / Males, Jared R.; Close, Laird M.; Morzinski, Katie M. et al.
Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems. S299. ed. Cambridge University Press, 2013. p. 46-47 (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union; Vol. 8, No. S299).

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Males, JR, Close, LM, Morzinski, KM, Kopon, D, Puglisi, A, Gasho, V, Follette, K, Esposito, S, Riccardi, A, Pinna, E, Xompero, M, Briguglio, R, Arcidiacono, C, Hinz, PM, Uomoto, A, Hare, T, Quiros-Pacheco, F, Argomedo, J, Busoni, L, Rodigas, TJ & Wu, YL 2013, High contrast imaging of an exoplanet with the magellan VisAO camera. in Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems. S299 edn, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, no. S299, vol. 8, Cambridge University Press, pp. 46-47. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921313007801

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