PDS27 (IMAGE)

University of Leeds

PDS27

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2MASS observations (background image) revealed a highly reddened source back in 2003 indicating the massive young nature of PDS 27. PIONIER on VLTI provides 2,000 times higher angular resolution making it possible to resolve PDS 27 as a binary system for the first time in 2019.

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Evgenia Koumpia, University of Leeds

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