Is this project an undergraduate, graduate, or faculty project?
Graduate
Project Type
individual
Campus
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Erin Abraham, Graduate Student
Lead Presenter's Name
Erin Abraham
Lead Presenter's College
DB College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Mentor Name
Dr. Saida Caballero-Nieves
Abstract
We present an analysis of seven massive stars in the young, active star-forming region M17 using data from the SPHERE instrument on VLT. Using SPHERE’s simultaneous dual-band imaging and integral field spectrograph, we detected potential companions for all seven target stars and measured the position angle, angular separation, and contrast magnitude for each potential companion. The potential companions had contrast ratios ranging from 5 to 13 mag in the infrared
Did this research project receive funding support (Spark, SURF, Research Abroad, Student Internal Grants, Collaborative, Climbing, or Ignite Grants) from the Office of Undergraduate Research?
Yes, Spark Grant
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We present an analysis of seven massive stars in the young, active star-forming region M17 using data from the SPHERE instrument on VLT. Using SPHERE’s simultaneous dual-band imaging and integral field spectrograph, we detected potential companions for all seven target stars and measured the position angle, angular separation, and contrast magnitude for each potential companion. The potential companions had contrast ratios ranging from 5 to 13 mag in the infrared