Imaging forming planetary systems: the HST/STIS legacy and prospects for future missions

Bruce Woodgate; Carol Grady; Charles W. Bowers; Alycia Weinberger

doi:10.1117/12.457836

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3 March 2003 Imaging forming planetary systems: the HST/STIS legacy and prospects for future missions

Bruce Woodgate, Carol Grady, Charles W. Bowers, Alycia Weinberger

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Proceedings Volume 4860, High-Contrast Imaging for Exo-Planet Detection; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457836
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

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The STIS coronagraph performance is measured as a function of angle from the star, reaching 1×10^-8 per resolution element compared to the total stellar flux at 2 arcsec with optimal PSF subtraction. Highly structured envelopes, disks, jets and planetary clearings have been detected. Estimates of planet detectability with NGST show that Jupiter mass objects around the nearest stars should be detectable.

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Bruce Woodgate, Carol Grady, Charles W. Bowers, and Alycia Weinberger "Imaging forming planetary systems: the HST/STIS legacy and prospects for future missions", Proc. SPIE 4860, High-Contrast Imaging for Exo-Planet Detection, (3 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457836

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