We present observations of the Herbig Ae star HD 169142 with the VLT/SPHERE instruments InfraRed Dual-band Imager and Spectrograph (IRDIS) (K1K2 and H2H3 bands) and the Integral Field Spectrograph (IFS) (Y, J and H bands). We detect several bright blobs at similar to 180 mas separation from the star, and a faint arc-like structure in the IFS data. Our reference differential imaging (RDI) data analysis also finds a bright ring at the same separation. We show, using a simulation based on polarized light data, that these blobs are actually part of the ring at 180 mas. These results demonstrate that the earlier detections of blobs in the H and K-S bands at these separations in Biller et al. as potential planet/substellar companions are actually tracing a bright ring with a Keplerian motion. Moreover, we detect in the images an additional bright structure at similar to 93 mas separation and position angle of 355 degrees, at a location very close to previous detections. It appears point-like in the YJ and K bands but is more extended in the H band. We also marginally detect an inner ring in the RDI data at similar to 100 mas. Follow-up observations are necessary to confirm the detection and the nature of this source and structure.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/627059 |
| Date | 01 1900 |
| Creators | Ligi, R., Vigan, A., Gratton, R., de Boer, J., Benisty, M., Boccaletti, A., Quanz, S. P., Meyer, M., Ginski, C., Sissa, E., Gry, C., Henning, T., Beuzit, J.-L., Biller, B., Bonnefoy, M., Chauvin, G., Cheetham, A. C., Cudel, M., Delorme, P., Desidera, S., Feldt, M., Galicher, R., Girard, J., Janson, M., Kasper, M., Kopytova, T., Lagrange, A.-M., Langlois, M., Lecoroller, H., Maire, A.-L., Ménard, F., Mesa, D., Peretti, S., Perrot, C., Pinilla, P., Pohl, A., Rouan, D., Stolker, T., Samland, M., Wahhaj, Z., Wildi, F., Zurlo, A., Buey, T., Fantinel, D., Fusco, T., Jaquet, M., Moulin, T., Ramos, J., Suarez, M., Weber, L. |
| Contributors | Univ Arizona, Dept Astron, Steward Observ |
| Publisher | OXFORD UNIV PRESS |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article |
| Rights | © 2017 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| Relation | http://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/473/2/1774/4587911 |
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