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Imaging the disk of a young massive star
 - The disk around IRAS 13481-6124
- Image of the matter that is present around the young massive star IRAS 13481-6124 (left) obtained with AMBER on the VLTI. This matter is located in a disk around the central star (right).
A team of astronomers led by S. Kraus has just published a Nature paper on a massive YSO imaged with the AMBER instrument and a combination of other techniques. In addition to be the first mas-scale image of a massive young star in the near-infrared, this paper contributes to answer the question whether massive star formation is similar or not to less massive counterparts.
For more information:
 the ESO press release: "Unravelling the Mystery of Massive Star Birth"
the Max-Planck Gesellschaft (MPG) press release: "Blick in die Wiege eines Sterns" (in German)
the CNRS/INSU press release: "Des étoiles massives naissent aussi d’un disque d’accrétion !" (in French)
Source:
The manuscript (and the supplementary information) can be accessed on the Nature website: "A hot compact dust disk around a massive young stellar object", by S. Kraus et al. Nature 15/07/2010.
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Latest news
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Wednesday
23
June
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AMBER handed over to ESO
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The “Provisional Acceptance Chili” (PAC) of AMBER has been declared “closed” on May 20, 2010 by Mark Casali, head of the Instrumentation division of ESO. This means that ESO considers that the instrument is finished and operates within specifications, (or within accepted (...)
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Thursday
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September
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New baselines for VLTI
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For P85, a new station is offered: I1. It is included in the three new configurations with 4 telescopes (out of which any 3 can be chosen for AMBER):
A0-G1-K0-I1
D0-H0-G1-I1
E0-G0-H0-I1
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Friday
27
February
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AMBER open in H band medium resolution for P84
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AMBER is open to the community in H band in medium spectral resolution (R=1500). More details can be found on the official ESO call for proposal and on the AMBER ESO webpage.
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Monday
23
February
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First stellar image from AMBER
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The image of star obtained with AMBER is from the Mira star T Leporis. This result has been published by Le Bouquin et al. in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
More details on the Recent Events page.
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Thursday
5
February
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First image obtained with VLTI/AMBER
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The first image obtained with AMBER is from the young binary Theta 1 Ori C. This result has been published by Kraus et al. in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
More details on the Recent Events page.
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