An enigmatic pointlike feature within the HD 169142 transitional disk

Beth A. Biller; Jared Males; Timothy Rodigas; Katie Morzinski; Laird M. Close; Attila Juhász; Katherine B. Follette; Sylvestre Lacour; Myriam Benisty; Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar; Philip M. Hinz; Alycia Weinberger; Thomas Henning; Jörg-Uwe Pott; Mickaël Bonnefoy; Rainer Köhler

doi:10.1088/2041-8205/792/1/L22

An enigmatic pointlike feature within the HD 169142 transitional disk

Beth A. Biller, Jared Males, Timothy Rodigas, Katie Morzinski, Laird M. Close, Attila Juhász, Katherine B. Follette, Sylvestre Lacour, Myriam Benisty, Aurora Sicilia-Aguilar, Philip M. Hinz, Alycia Weinberger, Thomas Henning, Jörg-Uwe Pott, Mickaël Bonnefoy, Rainer Köhler

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We report the detection of a faint pointlike feature possibly related to ongoing planet-formation in the disk of the transition disk star HD 169142. The pointlike feature has a Delta-mag(L) ∼ 6.4, at a separation of ∼ 0" .11 and PA ∼ 0º. Given its lack of an H or K_S counterpart despite its relative brightness, this candidate cannot be explained by purely photospheric emission and must be a disk feature heated by an as yet unknown source. Its extremely red colors make it highly unlikely to be a background object, but future multi-wavelength followup is necessary for confirmation and characterization of this feature.

Original language	English
Article number	L22
Number of pages	6
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	792
Issue number	1
Early online date	4 Aug 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/792/1/L22
Publication status	Published - 20 Aug 2014

Keywords

astro-ph.EP
astro-ph.SR
Planets and satellites: detection
Planets and satellites: formation
Planets and satellites: gaseous planets
Protoplanetary disks

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Biller, B. A., Males, J., Rodigas, T., Morzinski, K., Close, L. M., Juhász, A., Follette, K. B., Lacour, S., Benisty, M., Sicilia-Aguilar, A., Hinz, P. M., Weinberger, A., Henning, T., Pott, J.-U., Bonnefoy, M., & Köhler, R. (2014). An enigmatic pointlike feature within the HD 169142 transitional disk. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 792(1), Article L22. https://doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/792/1/L22

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