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First light of the VLT planet finder SPHERE

A. Zurlo, A. Vigan, R. Galicher, A.-L. Maire, D. Mesa, R. Gratton, G. Chauvin, M. Kasper, C. Moutou, M. Bonnefoy,

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2015 · 185 citations · 96 references

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Context. The planetary system discovered around the young A-type HR 8799 provides a unique laboratory to: a) test planet formation theories; b) probe the diversity of system architectures at these separations, and c) perform comparative (exo)planetology.

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