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STIS Coronagraphic Observations of β Pictoris

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

S. R. Heap ,
D. J. Lindler  and
T. M. Lanz
S. R. Heap
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Astronomy & Solar Physics, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
D. J. Lindler
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Astronomy & Solar Physics, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
T. M. Lanz
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Astronomy & Solar Physics, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Abstract

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We present recent coronagraphic observations of β Pictoris obtained with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. The superb, high-resolution images show that the inner part of the disk is inclined by about 5° with respect to the main disk. Long-slit coronagraphic spectrograms oriented along the inner disk indicate that the reflectance of the inner disk is neutral over the spectral region, 3000-5600 Å.

Type
Part IV: Protoplanetary and β Pic disks
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 202: Planetary Systems in the Universe – Observation, Formation and Evolution , 2004 , pp. 338 - 340
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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