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2014AJ....147...57R - Astron. J., 147, 57 (2014/March-0)

Final binary star results from the ESO VLT lunar occultations program.

RICHICHI A., FORS O., CUSANO F. and IVANOV V.D.

Abstract (from CDS):

We report on 13 subarcsecond binaries, detected by means of lunar occultations in the near-infrared at the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT). They are all first-time detections except for the visual binary HD 158122, which we resolved for the first time in the near-infrared. The primaries have magnitudes in the range K = 4.5-10.0, and companions in the range K = 6.8-11.1. The magnitude differences have a median value of 2.4, with the largest being 4.6. The projected separations are in the range of 4-168 mas, with a median of 13 mas. We discuss and compare our results with the available literature. With this paper, we conclude the mining for binary star detections in the 1226 occultations recorded at the VLT with the ISAAC instrument. We expect that the majority of these binaries may be unresolvable by adaptive optics on current telescopes, and they might be challenging for long-baseline interferometry. However, they constitute an interesting sample for future larger telescopes and for astrometric missions such as GAIA.

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Journal keyword(s): binaries: close - occultations - stars: fundamental parameters - techniques: high angular resolution

CDS comments: p.2, SAO 158150 is a misprint for SAO 185150.

Simbad objects: 14

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