Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics images of the Trapezium Cluster

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2007-09-25

arxiv.org/abs/0709.3994v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

High resolution version available on http://arrakeen.free.fr/pub/madorion.pdf Accepted 25 Sep. 2007 for publication in A&A,

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20078599

Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (MCAO) combines the advantages of standard adaptive optics, which provides high contrast and high spatial resolution, and of wide field ~1' imaging. Up to recently, MCAO for astronomy was limited to laboratory experiments. In this paper, we present the first scientific results obtained with the first MCAO instrument put on the sky. We present a new study of the Trapezium cluster using deep MCAO images with a field of view of 1'x1' obtained at the VLT. We have used deep J, H and Ks images recently obtained with the prototype MCAO facility MAD at the VLT in order to search for new members and new multiple systems in the Trapezium cluster. On bright targets (Ks~9mag), these images allow us to reach DeltaKs~6mag as close as 0.4" We report the detection of 128 sources, including 10 new faint objects in the magnitude range between 16.1

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