Spectral determination of the colour and vertical structure of dark spots in Neptune’s atmosphere by Irwin, PGJ, Dobinson, J, James, A, Wong, MH, Fletcher, LN, Roman, MT, Teanby, NA, Toledo, D, Orton, GS, Pérez-Hoyos, S, Sánchez-Lavega, A, Sromovsky, L, Simon, AA, Morales-Juberías, R, Pater, ID, Cook, SL

“…We analyse spectroscopic observations of a dark spot on Neptune identified by the Hubble Space Telescope as NDS-2018; the spectral observations were made in 2019 by the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) of the Very Large Telescope (Chile). The MUSE medium-resolution 475–933 nm reflection spectra allow us to show that dark spots are caused by darkening at short wavelengths (<700 nm) of a deep ~5 bar aerosol layer, which we suggest is the H2S condensation layer. …”

Changing characteristics of Jupiter's little red spot by Cheng, A, Simon-Miller, A, Weaver, H, Baines, K, Orton, G, Yanamandra-Fisher, P, Mousis, O, Pantin, E, Vanzi, L, Fletcher, L, Spencer, JR, Stern, SA, Clarke, J, Mutchler, M, Noll, K

“…The Little Red Spot (LRS) in Jupiter's atmosphere was investigated in unprecedented detail by the New Horizons spacecraft together with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the Very Large Telescope (VLT). The LRS and the larger Great Red Spot (GRS) of Jupiter are the largest known atmospheric storms in the solar system. …”

The abundances of heavy elements in BL138 – red giant of local group fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy by V.F. Gopka, A.V. Yushchenko, V.A. Yushchenko, A.V. Shavrina, S.M. Andrievsky, Y. Jeong, E.P. Shereta

“… Using the spectrum obtained with FLAMES/GIRAFFE multi-object spectrograph installed at ESO Very Large Telescope we investigated the absorption lines of heavy elements in the spectrum of BL138. …”
Get full text

Fast infrared variability from a relativistic jet in GX 339-4 by Casella, P, Maccarone, T, O'Brien, K, Fender, R, Russell, D, van der Klis, M, Pe'er, A, Maitra, D, Altamirano, D, Belloni, T, Kanbach, G, Klein-Wolt, M, Mason, E, Soleri, P, Stefanescu, A, Wiersema, K, Wijnands, R

“…The source was observed with subsecond time resolution simultaneously with Very Large Telescope/Infrared Spectrometer And Array Camera and Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer/Proportional Counter Array in 2008 August, during its persistent low-flux highly variable hard state. …”

SINFONI: A near infrared AO assisted integral field spectrometer for the VLT by Thatte, N, Tecza, M, Eisenhauer, F, Mengel, S, Krabbe, A, Pak, S, Genzel, R, Bonaccini, D, Emsellem, E, Rigaut, F, Delabre, B, Monnet, G

“…SINFONI, the SINgle Faint Object Near-infrared Investigation, is an instrument for the Very Large Telescope (VLT), designed to provide spectroscopy at the telescope diffraction limit in the near-infrared. …”

Latitudinal variations in methane abundance, aerosol opacity and aerosol scattering efficiency in Neptune's atmosphere determined from VLT/MUSE by Irwin, P, Dobinson, J, James, A, Michael, W, Leigh, F, Michael, R, Nicholas, T, Glenn, O, Santiago, P-H, Agustin, S-L, Amy, S, Raul, M-J, Imke, DP

“…Spectral observations of Neptune made in 2019 with the MUSE instrument at the Very Large Telescope in Chile have been analysed to determine the spatial variation of aerosol scattering properties and methane abundance in Neptune’s atmosphere. …”

Identification of a Helium Donor Star in NGC 247 ULX-1 by Changxing Zhou, Hua Feng, Fuyan Bian

“…With Very Large Telescope Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) observations, we detected highly variable helium emission lines from the optical counterpart of the supersoft ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) NGC 247 ULX-1. …”
Get full text

Analysis of gaseous ammonia (NH3) absorption in the visible spectrum of Jupiter - Update by Irwin, PGJ, Bowles, N, Braude, AS, Garland, R, Calcutt, S, Coles, PA, Yurchenko, SN, Tennyson, J

“…An analysis of currently available ammonia (NH3) visible-to-near-infrared gas absorption data was recently undertaken by Irwin et al. (2018) to help interpret Very Large Telescope (VLT) MUSE observations of Jupiter from 0.48–0.93 µm, made in support of the NASA/Juno mission. …”

Uranus in northern midspring: persistent atmospheric temperatures and circulations inferred from thermal imaging by Roman, MT, Fletcher, LN, Orton, GS, Rowe-Gurney, N, Irwin, PGJ

“…We present results from mid-infrared imaging of Uranus at wavelengths of 13.0 and 18.7 μm, sensing emission from the stratosphere and upper troposphere, acquired using the VISIR instrument at the Very Large Telescope, 2018 September 4–October 20. Using a combination of inverse and forward modeling, we analyze these northern midspring (Ls ~ 46°) images and compare them to archival data to assess seasonal changes since the 1986 southern solstice and subsequent equinox. …”

Applications of a Gaussian process framework for modelling of high-resolution exoplanet spectra by Meech, A, Aigrain, S, Brogi, M, Birkby, JL

“…We use two archival CRyogenic Infra-Red Echelle Spectrograph (CRIRES)/Very Large Telescope (VLT) data sets as test cases, observations of the hot Jupiters HD 189733 b and 51 Pegasi b, recovering injected signals with average line contrast ratios of ∼4.37 × 10-3 and ∼1.39 × 10-3, and planet radial velocities ΔKp = 1.45 ± 1.53 km s-1 and ΔKp = 0.12 ± 0.12 km s-1 from the injection velocities, respectively. …”

MUSE: A second-generation integral-field spectrograph for the VLT by McDermid, R, Bacon, R, Bauer, S, Boehn, P, Boudon, D, Brau-Nogue, S, Caillier, P, Capoani, L, Carollo, C, Champavert, N, Contini, T, Daguise, E, Delabre, B, Devriendt, J, Dreizler, S, Dubois, J, Dupieux, M, Dupin, J, Emsellem, E, Ferruit, P, Franx, M, Callou, G, Gerssen, J, Guiderdoni, B, Hahn, T

“…The Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) is a second-generation instrument in development for the Very Large Telescope (VLT) of the European Southern Observatory (ESO), due to begin operation in 2011/12. …”

FORS spectroscopy of galaxies in the Hubble Deep Field-South by Rigopoulou, D, Vacca, W, Berta, S, Franceschini, A, Aussel, H

“…The observations were obtained using the Focal Reducer/low dispersion Spectrograph (FORS) on the ESO Very Large Telescope. Thirty-two primary spectroscopic targets in the HST-WFPC2 HDFS were supplemented with galaxies detected in the Infrared Space Observatory's survey of the HDFS and the ESO Imaging Deep Survey to comprise a sample of 100 galaxies for spectroscopic observations. …”

Constraints on Uranus's haze structure, formation and transport by Toledo, D, Irwin, P, Rannou, P, Teanby, N, Simon, A, Wong, M, Orton, G

“…These simulations were coupled to a radiative-transfer code to fit observations performed by the SINFONI Integral Field Unit Spectrometer on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) and by the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in 2014. …”

Spectroscopy of z similar to 7 candidate galaxies: using Lyman alpha to constrain the neutral fraction of hydrogen in the high-redshift universe by Caruana, J, Bunker, A, Wilkins, S, Stanway, E, Lorenzoni, S, Jarvis, M, Ebert, H

“…Following our previous spectroscopic observations of z &gt; 7 galaxies with Gemini/Gemini Near Infra-Red Spectrograph (GNIRS) and Very Large Telescope (VLT)/XSHOOTER, which targeted a total of eight objects,we present here our results froma deeper and largerVLT/FOcal Reducer and Spectrograph (FORS2) spectroscopic sample of Wide Field Camera 3 selected z&gt;7 candidate galaxies.With our FORS2 setup we cover the 737-1070 nm wavelength range, enabling a search for Lyman α in the redshift range spanning 5.06-7.80. …”

Detection of the first infra-red quasi-periodic oscillation in a black hole X-ray binary by Kalamkar, M, Casella, P, Uttley, P, O'Brien, K, Russell, D, Maccarone, T, van der Klis, M, Vincentelli, F

“…We present the analysis of fast variability of Very Large Telescope/ISAAC (Infrared Spectrometer And Array Camera) (infra-red), XMM–Newton/OM (optical) and EPIC-pn (X-ray), and RXTE/PCA (X-ray) observations of the black hole X-ray binary GX 339−4 in a rising hard state of its outburst in 2010. …”

Identification of Bubble Nebulae around NGC 55 ULX-1 with MUSE Observations by Changxing Zhou, Hua Feng, Fuyan Bian

“…Using the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on the Very Large Telescope, we identified three bubble nebulae (denoted as A, B, and C) around an ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) in NGC 55. …”
Get full text

Studying Nearby Galactic Planetary Nebulae with MUSE: On the Physical Properties of IC 418 by Ana Monreal-Ibero , Jeremy R. Walsh

“…The advent of the multi-unit spectroscopic explorer (MUSE), a large integral field unit mounted on the ESO Very Large Telescope, allow us to obtain this information over the whole face of galactic PNe in a reasonable amount of time. …”
Get full text

THE FIRST DISTANCE CONSTRAINT ON THE RENEGADE HIGH-VELOCITY CLOUD COMPLEX WD by Peek, J. E. G., Bordoloi, Rongmon, Sana, Hugues, Roman-Duval, Julia, Tumlinson, Jason, Zheng, Yong

“…We present medium-resolution, near-ultraviolet Very Large Telescope/FLAMES observations of the star USNO-A0600-15865535. …”
Get full text

The MUSE Ultra Deep Field (MUDF). I. Discovery of a group of Lyα nebulae associated with a bright z ≈ 3.23 quasar pair by Lusso, E, Fumagalli, M, Fossati, M, Mackenzie, R, Bielby, RM, Battaia, F Arrigoni, Cantalupo, S, Cooke, R, Cristiani, S, Dayal, P, D’Odorico, V, Haardt, F, Lofthouse, E, Morris, S, Peroux, C, Prichard, L, Rafelski, M, Simcoe, R, Swinbank, M, Theuns, T

“…We present first results from Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) observations at the Very Large Telescope in the MUSE Ultra Deep Field (MUDF), a ≈1.2 × 1.4 arcmin region for which we are collecting ≈200 hours of integral field spectroscopy. …”
Get full text

CD −24°17504 REVISITED: A NEW COMPREHENSIVE ELEMENT ABUNDANCE ANALYSIS by Frebel, Anna L., Jacobson, Heather

“…We present a new detailed abundance analysis for 21 elements based on combined archival Keck-HIRES and Very Large Telescope-UVES spectra of the star that is higher in both spectral resolution and S/N than previous data. …”
Get full text
Get full text
Get full text