Double Image of the Star Beta Centauri (IMAGE)

University of Montreal

Double Image of the Star Beta Centauri

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This is a double image of the star beta Centauri taken through an experimental version of the vector-APP coronagraph installed at MagAO. Both images of the star contain a dark region that covers the complete 360 degrees around the central star. In both cases, the binary companion to beta Centauri is easily detected.

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Leiden University, University of Arizona.

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