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High Contrast Imaging of an Exoplanet with the Magellan VisAO Camera

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2014

Jared R. Males ,
Laird M. Close ,
Katie M. Morzinski ,
Derek Kopon ,
Alfio Puglisi ,
Victor Gasho ,
Kate Follette ,
Simone Esposito ,
Armando Riccardi  and
Enrico Pinna
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Jared R. Males
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA email: jrmales@as.arizona.edu
Laird M. Close
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA email: jrmales@as.arizona.edu
Katie M. Morzinski
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA email: jrmales@as.arizona.edu
Derek Kopon
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Alfio Puglisi
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy
Victor Gasho
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA email: jrmales@as.arizona.edu
Kate Follette
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA email: jrmales@as.arizona.edu
Simone Esposito
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy
Armando Riccardi
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy
Enrico Pinna
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy
Marco Xompero
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy
Runa Briguglio
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy
Carmelo Arcidiacono
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna, Via Ranzani 1, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Phil M. Hinz
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA email: jrmales@as.arizona.edu
Alan Uomoto
Affiliation:
Carnegie Observatories, OCIW, 813 Santa Babara St. Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Tyson Hare
Affiliation:
Carnegie Observatories, OCIW, 813 Santa Babara St. Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Fernando Quiros-Pacheco
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy
Javier Argomedo
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy
Lorenzo Busoni
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Largo E Fermi 5, 50125 Firenze, Italy
T.J. Rodigas
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA email: jrmales@as.arizona.edu
Ya-Lin Wu
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, 933 N. Cherry Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA email: jrmales@as.arizona.edu
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Abstract

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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.

Keywords

Planets and satellites: individual (Beta Pictoris b)Stars: individual (Beta Pictoris)Stars: planetary systemsInstrumentation: adaptive optics
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S299: Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems , June 2013 , pp. 46 - 47
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013 

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