Solar Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics at the Dunn Solar Telescope: Preliminary Results (2008)
Maud Langlois, Gil Moretto, Kit Richards, Steve Hegwer, Thomas Rimmele
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Exoplanet characterization with long slit spectroscopy (2008)
Vigan, Arthur, Langlois, Maud, Moutou, Claire, Dohlen, Kjetil
Extrasolar planets observation and characterization by high contrast imaging instruments is set to be a very important subject in observational astronomy. Dedicated instruments are being developed to...
Boccaletti, Anthony, Carbillet, Marcel, Fusco, Thierry, Mouillet, David, Langlois, Maud, Moutou, Claire, ...
SPHERE (Spectro Polarimetric High contrast Exoplanet REsearch), the planet finder instrument for the VLT is designed to study relatively bright extrasolar giant planets around young or nearby stars....
Frame Combination Techniques for Ultra High-Contrast Imaging (2008)
Carson, Joseph C., Feldt, Markus, Desidera, Silvano, Langlois, Maud, Joos, Franco, Mouillet, David, ...
We summarize here an experimental frame combination pipeline we developed for ultra high-contrast imaging with systems like the upcoming VLT SPHERE instrument. The pipeline combines strategies from...
SPHERE baseline software for reducing calibration data (2008)
Feldt, Markus, Möller-Nilsson, Ole, Pavlov, Alexey I., Beuzit, Jean-Luc, Mouillet, David, Gratton, Raffaele, ...
The Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research (SPHERE) instrument for the VLT is designed for discovering and studying new extra-solar giant planets orbiting nearby stars by direct...
Frame combination techniques for ultra-high-contrast imaging (2008)
Carson, Joseph C., Feldt, Markus, Desidera, Silvano, Langlois, Maud, Joos, Franco, Mouillet, David, ...
We summarize here an experimental frame combination pipeline we developed for ultra high-contrast imaging with systems like the upcoming VLT SPHERE instrument. The pipeline combines strategies from...
SPHERE: a planet finder instrument for the VLT (2008)
Beuzit, Jean-Luc, Feldt, Markus, Dohlen, Kjetil, Mouillet, David, Puget, Pascal, Wildi, Francois, ...
Direct detection and spectral characterization of extra-solar planets is one of the most exciting but also one of the most challenging areas in modern astronomy. The challenge consists in the very...
SPHERE: A planet finder instrument for the VLT (2006)
Dohlen, Kjetil, Beuzit, Jean-Luc, Feldt, Markus, Mouillet, David, Puget, Pascal, Antichi, Jacopo, ...
The Planet Finder instrument for ESO's VLT telescope, scheduled for first light in 2010, aims to detect giant extra-solar planets in the vicinity of bright stars and to characterise the objects found...