The Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign: Discovery of a Close Substellar Companion to the Young Debris Disk Star PZ Tel

The Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign: Discovery of a Close Substellar Companion to the Young Debris Disk Star PZ Tel

We report the discovery of a tight substellar companion to the young solar analog PZ Tel, a member of the Beta Pictoris moving group observed with high contrast adaptive optics imaging as part of the Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign. The companion was detected at a projected separation of 16.4 +/...

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Main Authors: Biller, B, Liu, M, Wahhaj, Z, Nielsen, E, Close, L, Dupuy, T, Hayward, T, Burrows, A, Chun, M, Ftaclas, C, Clarke, F, Hartung, M, Males, J, Reid, I, Shkolnik, E, Skemer, A, Tecza, M, Thatte, N, Alencar, S, Artymowicz, P, Boss, A, Pino, E, Gregorio-Hetem, J, Ida, S, Kuchner, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010

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