Astronomical Science
with Adaptive Optics

Astronomical Science obtained with high order Adaptive Optics. This bibliography is limited to articles published in refereed journals (e.g. no IAU telegrams, conference papers, etc).

AF SOR Calar Alto CFHT ESO Gemini Keck Lick
MMTO NAOJ OHP Palomar U Hawaii WHT Wilson

'91 - '94 (7) 1995 (6) 1996 (6) 1997 (20) 1998 (20) 1999 (19)
2000 (30) 2001 (34) 2002 (42) 2003 (43) 2004 (34)  

2002

updated 26Oct04

Close, L. M.; Potter, D.; Brandner, W.; Lloyd-Hart, M.; Liebert, J.; Burrows, A.; Siegler, N.
Discovery of a 0.15" Binary Brown Dwarf, 2MASS J1426316+155701 with Gemini/Hokupa'a Adaptive Optics
ApJ 566,1095
2002
Gillett Gemini (North)
UH Hokupa'a

Close, Laird M; Siegler, Nick; Potter, Dan; Brandner, Wolfgang; Liebert, James
An Adaptive Optics Survey of M8-M9 Stars: Discovery of Four Very Low Mass Binaries with at Least One System Containing a Brown Dwarf Companion
ApJ 567, 53
2002
Gillett Gemini (North)
UH Hokupa'a

Davidge, T. J.; Courteau, S.
Near-Infrared Adaptive Optics Imaging of the Central Regions of Nearby Sc Galaxies. II. NGC 247 and NGC 2403
AJ 123, 1438
2002
CFHT
PUEO

Goto, Miwa; Kobayashi, Naoto; Terada, Hiroshi; Gaessler, Wolfgang; Kanzawa, Tomio; Takami, Hideki; Takato, Naruhisa; Hayano, Yutaka; Kamata, Yukiko; Iye, Masanori; Saint-Jacques, D. J.; Tokunaga, A. T.; Potter, D.; Cushing, M.
Near-Infrared Adaptive Optics Spectroscopy of Binary Brown Dwarfs HD 130948B and HD 130948C
ApJL 567, L59
2002
Suburu
Suburu AO

Kalas, Paul, Graham, James R, Beckwith, Steven V. W, Jewitt, David C, Lloyd, James P.
Discovery of Reflection Nebulosity around Five Vega-like Stars
ApJ 567, 999
2002
Shane 3m

Kasper, M. E.; Feldt, M.; Herbst, T. M.; Hippler, S.; Ott, T.; Tacconi-Garman, L. E.
Spatially Resolved Imaging Spectroscopy of T Tauri
ApJ 568, 267
2002
Calar Alto 3.5-m
ALFA

Luhman, K. L.; Jayawardhana, Ray
An Adaptive Optics Search for Companions to Stars with Planets
ApJ 566, 1132
2002
Keck 2 Gillett Gemini (North)

Shatsky, N.; Tokovinin, A.
The mass ratio distribution of B-type visual binaries in the Sco OB2 association
A&A 382, 92
2002
ESO 3.60m
ADONIS

Potter, D.; Martín, E. L.; Cushing, M. C.; Baudoz, P.; Brandner, W.; Guyon, O.; Neuhäuser, R.
Hokupa'a-Gemini Discovery of Two Ultracool Companions to the Young Star HD 130948
ApJL 567, L133
2002
Gillett Gemini (North)
UH Hokupa'a

Roe, Henry G.; de Pater, Imke; Macintosh, Bruce A.; Gibbard, Seran G.; Max, Claire E.; McKay, Chris P.
Titan's Atmosphere in Late Southern Spring Observed with Adaptive Optics on the W. M. Keck II 10- Meter Telescope
Icarus 157, 254
2002
Keck 2
K2 AO

Liu, Michael C.; Fischer, Debra A.; Graham, James R.; Lloyd, James P.; Marcy, Geoff W.; Butler, R. Paul
Crossing the Brown Dwarf Desert Using Adaptive Optics: A Very Close L Dwarf Companion to the Nearby Solar Analog HR 7672
ApJ 571, 519
2002
Keck 2 Gillett Gemini (North)
K2 AO+NIRSPEC UH Hokupa'a

Tanner, A. ; Ghez, A.; Morris, M.; Becklin, E.; et al.
Spatially Resolved Observations of the Galactic Center Source, IRS 21
ApJ 575, 860
2002
Keck 2
K2 AO

Duchêne, G.; Ghez, A. M.; McCabe, C.
Resolved Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Mysterious Pre-Main-Sequence Binary System T Tauri S
ApJ 568, 771
2002
Keck 2
K2 AO+NIRSPEC

Prato, L. ; Simon ,M. ; Mazeh, T. ; McLean, I. S. ; Norman, D. ; S. Zucker
The Smallest Mass Ratio Young Star Spectroscopic Binaries
ApJ 569, 863
2002
Keck 2
K2 AO+NIRSPEC

Patience, J. ; White, R. J. ; Ghez, A. M. ; et al.
Stellar Companions to Stars with Planets
ApJ 581, 654
2002
Shane 3m

Marchis, F. ; de Pater, I.; Davies, A. G.; et al.
High-resolution Keck Adaptive Optics Imaging of Violent Volcanic Activity on Io
Icarus 160, 124
2002
Keck 2
K2 AO+NIRSPEC

de Pater, I.; Gibbard, S. G.; Macintosh, B.; et al.
Keck Adaptive Optics Images of Uranus and its Rings.
Icarus 160, 359
2002
Keck 2
K2 AO

Hornstein, S. D. ; Ghez, A. M. ; Tanner, A. ; et al.
Limits on the Short Term Variability of Sagittarius A* in the Near-Infrared
ApJL 577, L9
2002
Keck 2
K2 AO

Chakraborty, A.; Ge, J.; Debes, J. H.
The Nature of Faint Companions to G-Type Stars from Adaptive Optics
AJ 124, 1127
2002
100" Hooker

Jayawardhana, Ray; Luhman, K. L.; D'Alessio, Paola; Stauffer, John R.
Discovery of an Edge-On Disk in the MBM 12 Young Association
ApJL 571, L51
2002
Gillett Gemini (North)
UH Hokupa'a

Chauvin, G.; Fusco, T.; Lagrange, A.-M.; Mouillet, D.; Beuzit, J.-L.; Thomson, M.; Augereau, J.-C.; Marchis, F.; Dumas, C.; Lowrance, P.
No disk needed around HD 199143 B
A&A 394, 219
2002
ESO 3.60m
ADONIS

Chauvin, G.; Ménard, F.; Fusco, T.; Lagrange, A.-M.; Beuzit, J.-L.; Mouillet, D.; Augereau, J.-C.
Adaptive optics imaging of the MBM 12 association. Seven binaries and an edge-on disk in a quadruple system
A&A 394, 949
2002
CFHT

Clénet, Y.; Le Coarer, E.; Joncas, G.; Beuzit, J.-L.; Rouan, D.; Chalabaev, A.; Rabou, P.; Arsenault, R.; Delage, C.; Marlot, C.; Vallée, P.; Grundseth, B.; Thomas, J.; Forveille, T.; Lai, O.; Lacombe, F.
GriF: The New Three-dimensional Spectroscopic Mode of PUEO, the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Adaptive Optics Bonnette: First Observations in the Fabry-Pérot Scanning Mode
PASP 114, 563
2002
CFHT
PUEO

Courbin, F.; Meylan, G.; Kneib, J.; Lidman, C.
Cosmic Alignment toward the Radio Einstein Ring PKS 1830-211?
ApJ 575, 95
2002
Gillett Gemini (North)
UH Hokupa'a

Davidge, T. J.
The Upper Asymptotic Giant Branch of the Elliptical Galaxy Maffei 1 and Comparisons with M32 and NGC 5128
AJ 124, 2012
2002
CFHT Gillett Gemini (North)
PUEO UH Hokupa'a

Gezari , S. ; Ghez , A.; Becklin , E.; Larkin , J.; McLean , I.; M. Morris
Adaptive Optics Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Sagittarius A* Cluster
ApJ 576, 790
2002
Keck 2
K2 AO+NIRSPEC

Hestroffer, D.; Marchis, F.; Fusco, T.; Berthier, J.
Adaptive optics observations of asteroid (216) Kleopatra
A&A 394, 339
2002
ESO 3.60m
ADONIS

König, B.; Fuhrmann, K.; Neuhäuser, R.; Charbonneau, D.; Jayawardhana, R.
Direct detection of the companion of chi 1 Orionis
A&A 394, L43
2002
Keck 2
K2 AO NIRC2

Steinbring, E.; Crampton, D.; Hutchings, J. B.
Radio Galaxies at z = 1.1 to 3.8: Adaptive Optics Imaging and Archival Hubble Space Telescope Data
ApJ 569, 611
2002
CFHT
PUEO

Stolte, A.; Grebel, E. K.; Brandner, W.; Figer, D. F.
The mass function of the Arches cluster from Gemini adaptive optics data
A&A 394, 459
2002
Gillett Gemini (North)
UH Hokupa'a

Yang, Yujin; Park, Hong Soo; Lee, Myung Gyoon; Lee, Sang-Gak
Gemini Near-Ir Photometry of the Arches Cluster Near the Galactic Center
JKAS 35, 131
2002
Gillett Gemini (North)
UH Hokupa'a

Millan-Gabet, R. ; Monnier, J.
Discovery of a Near-Infrared Jet-Like Feature in the Z Canis Majoris System
ApJL 580, L167
2002
Keck 2
K2 AO+NIRSPEC

Glassman, T. M.; Larkin, J.; Lafrenière, D.
Morphological Evolution of Distant Galaxies from Adaptive Optics Imaging
ApJ 581, 865
2002
Keck 2
K2 AO+NIRSPEC
article

Lacy, Mark; Gates, Elinor L.; Ridgway, Susan E.; de Vries, Wim; Canalizo, Gabriela; Lloyd, James P.; Graham, James R.
Observations of Quasar Hosts with Adaptive Optics at Lick Observatory
AJ 124, 3023
2002
Shane 3m
article

Roe, H. G. de Pater, I. Macintosh, B.; McKay, C.
Titan's Clouds from Gemini and Keck Adaptive Optics Imaging
ApJ 581, 1399
2002
Gillett Gemini (North) Keck 2
UH Hokupa'a K2 AO NIRC2
article

Brown, Michael E.; Bouchez, Antonin H.; Griffith, Caitlin A.
Direct detection of variable tropospheric clouds near Titan's south pole
Natur 420, 795
2002
Keck 2
K2 AO

Wernli, F.; Emsellem, E. ; Copin, Y.
A 60 pc counter-rotating core in NGC 4621
A&A 396, 73
2002
CFHT
PUEO

Itoh, Yoichi ; Tamura, Motohide; Hayashi, Saeko S.; Oasa, Yumiko; Fukagawa, Misato; Kaifu, Norio; Suto, Hiroshi; Murakawa, Koji; Doi, Yoshiyuki; Ebizuka, Noboru; Naoi, Takahiro; Takami, Hideki; Takato, Naruhisa; Gaessler, Wolfgang; Kanzawa, Tomio; Hayano, Yutaka; Kamata, Yukiko; Saint- Jacques, David; Iye, Masanori
Near-Infrared Coronagraphy of the GG Tauri A Binary System
PASJ 54, 963
2002
Subaru
CIAO

Fukagawa, Misato; Tamura, Motohide; Suto, Hiroshi; Itoh, Yoichi; Murakawa, Koji; Oasa, Yumiko; Hayashi, Saeko S.; Naoi, Takahiro; Kaifu, Norio; Doi, Yoshiyuki
Subaru Near-IR Coronagraphic Image of LkH? 198
PASJ 54 969
2002
Subaru
CIAO

Köhler, Rainer; Petr-Gotzens, Monika G.
Close Binaries in the η Chamaeleontis Cluster
AJ 124, 2899
2002
ESO 3.60m
ADONIS

Neill, James D.; Shara, Michael M.; Caulet, Adeline; Buckley, David A. H.
The First Orbital Period for a Dwarf Nova in a Globular Cluster: V101 in M5
AJ 123, 3298
2002
Calypso
HRCAM

Rages, Kathy; Hammel, Heidi B.; Lockwood, G. W.
A Prominent Apparition of Neptune's South Polar Feature
Icarus, 159, 262
2002
Keck 2
K2 AO

AF SOR Calar Alto CFHT ESO Gemini Keck Lick
MMTO NAOJ OHP Palomar U Hawaii WHT Wilson

'91 - '94 (7) 1995 (6) 1996 (6) 1997 (20) 1998 (20) 1999 (19)
2000 (30) 2001 (34) 2002 (42) 2003 (43) 2004 (34)  

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