Infrared Astronomy Group

Group Members:

Gerd Weigelt
Jorge Barrera Ballesteros
Lei Chen
Michelle Fekety
Jose Groh
Sebastian Hönig
Karl-Heinz Hofmann
Makoto Kishimoto
Alexander Kreplin
Adriane Liermann
Anthony Meilland
Florentin Millour
Koji Murakawa
Keiichi Ohnaka
Dieter Schertl
Konrad Tristram
Jasmin Vural

Research topics:

Young stellar objects, Late stages of stellar evolution, Active galactic nuclei, Radiative transfer modeling, Bispectrum speckle interferometry, IR long-baseline interferometry: VLTI AMBER, LBT
LINC-NIRVANA Data Reduction Software

Press releases:

05 Aug. 2009 - Double Engine for a Nebula (ESO)
29 July 2009 - Ein Gigant in Aufruhr , Unveiling the true face of a gigantic star , ESO
02 Apr. 2009 - Im Herzen des Orion-Nebels , In the heart of the Orion Nebula , MPG: or , A&A
Previous years
VLTI AMBER Instrument
VLTI/AMBER/MIDI


ATs
VLTI/ATs


LBT LINC-NIRVANA
LBT LINC-NIRVANA


  Evolved stars:

Eta Carinae
Eta Car
Speckle BCD
Eta Carinae
Eta Car
HST FOC
Eta Carinae
Eta Car
Speckle H Alpha
Eta Carinae
Eta Car
Disk
Eta Carinae
Eta Car
HST FOS spectro
Eta Carinae
Eta Car
Polarimetry
Eta Carinae
Eta Car
VLTI/AMBER
IRC+10216
IRC+10216 (1)
The carbon star IRC+10216
IRC+10216 (2)
The dust-shell evolution of the carbon star
IRC+10216 (3)
2d-model of the dust shell of IRC+10216
IRC+10216 (4)
J-band image of IRC+10216
IRC+10216 (5)
The bipolar nebula Red Rectangle
Red Rectangle
The proto-planetary nebula Red Rectangle
Red Rectangle 2
The proto-planetary nebula Red Rectangle
Red Rectangle 3
The red supergiant VY CMa
VY CMa, NML Cyg,
IRC+10420, WR 118
The Mira star R Cas
R Cas, R Leo
The AGB star CIT 3
CIT 3, OH104.9+2.4,
AFGL 2290, LP And
VLTI imaging
VLTI, LBT
The Be star MWC 349
MWC 349
Binary/Multiple Stars
Binaries 1-5
Gliese 569B
Gliese 569B
T Cep
IOTA: T Cep,
GI2T: R Cas
Visibility of the post-AGB star R CrB
IOTA: R CrB
VINCI interferometry of o Cet
VLTI/VINCI: Mira
RR Sco
VLTI/MIDI: RR Sco
IOTA: Capella (α Aur)
IOTA: Capella
IRAS08002-3803
VLTI/MIDI: IRAS08002
CPD-57°2874
AMBER + MIDI: CPD-57°2874
Kappa CMa
AMBER:
Kappa CMa
RS Oph
AMBER: RS Oph
RS Oph
VLTI/AMBER: Gamma2  Velorum
Betelgeuse
VLTI/AMBER: Betelgeuse
HD87643
VLTI/AMBER: HD87643
Frosty Leonis
Frosty Leonis

  Young stellar objects:

The starburst cluster NGC 3603
NGC 3603
Z CMa
Z CMa, NX Pup,
DF Tau, V376 Cas
spiral
Moving shadows
The multiple star Theta 1 Ori B
Theta¹ Ori C (1)
Orbital motion in Theta 1 Ori C
Theta¹ Ori C (2)
VLTI AMBER
Orion OB stars
LkHa 198, Elias 1, HK Ori, V380 Ori
LkHa198, Elias1,
HK Ori, V380 Ori
Outflows of the embedded star YSO S140
S140 IRS1 (1)
The massive protostellar object S140 IRS1
S140 IRS1 (2)
The deeply-embedded young stellar object S140 IRS3
S140 IRS3
The young stellar object R Mon
R Mon
The young stellar object Mon R2
Mon R2
The massive protostars in K3-50A
K3-50A
The young stellar object AFGL 2591
AFGL 2591
The young stellar object IRAS 23151+5912
IRAS 23151+5912
VLTI AMBER
NGC 7538
MIDI interferometry<BR>of Herbig AeBe stars
VLTI/MIDI:
Herbig stars I
Disk image
VLTI/MIDI:
Herbig stars II
VLTI AMBER
VLTI/AMBER:
MWC 297
Theta1 OrionisC
IOTA: Theta1 Ori C
Theta Ori C
VLTI/AMBER image: Theta 1 Ori C
Dust disk
VLTI/AMBER YSOs:
HD163296,HD104237,
HD98922, MWC297
R Monocerotis
R Monocerotis

  Extragalactic objects:

R 136
R 136
R 136
R 136
The Seyfert galaxy NGC 7469
NGC 7469
The Magellanic Cloud star cluster R64
R 64
The Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068
NGC 1068
K-band, 6m Tel
The Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068
NGC 1068
K-band, 6m Tel
The Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068
VLTI/VINCI:
NGC 1068
The Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068
VLTI/MIDI:
NGC 1068
NGC 1068
Radiative transfer modeling

WOH G64
VLTI/AMBER:
WOH G64 in the LMC
LINC NIRVANA
LINC-NIRVANA
Baldwin effect
Baldwin effect
NGC3783, accretion disks
NGC 3783;
accretion disks
NGC4151, Mrk231, NGC4051, QSO IRAS13349+2438
NGC4151, Mrk231,
NGC4051, & QSO
IRAS13349+2438


IOTA JHK-spectro-interferometry<br>
IOTA JHK interferograms

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Bispectrum Speckle Interferometry with 76 mas resolution
Real-time bispectrum speckle interferometry: 76 mas res. Frame rate of data recording & processing: ~2 per second.
SAO 6 m telescope, K-band.
Click image to enlarge
AMBER AT interferograms
H- and K-band VLTI-AMBER interferograms (two 1.8 m ATs; HD 48433)

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