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• Science
• Instrument - Technology
• Achievements - Publications
  • Exoplanets/Brown dwarfs
    • The search for disks or planetary objects around directly imaged companions: A candidate around DH Tau B
    • The SPHERE infrared survey for exoplanets (SHINE) III. The demographics of young giant exoplanets below 300 au with SPHERE
    • Orbital and spectral characterization of the benchmark T-type brown dwarf HD 19467B
    • Searching for the near infrared counterpart of Proxima c using multi-epoch high contrast SPHERE data at VLT
    • RefPlanets: Search for reflected light from extra-solar planets with SPHERE/ZIMPOL
    • VLT/SPHERE exploration of the young multiplanetary system PDS70
    • Determining mass limits around HD 163296 through SPHERE direct imaging data
    • Constraining the properties of HD 206893 B. A combination of radial velocity, direct imaging, and astrometry data
    • Hint of curvature in the orbital motion of the exoplanet 51 Eridani b using 3 years of VLT/SPHERE monitoring
    • Exploring the R CrA environment with SPHERE: Discovery of a new stellar companion
    • SPHERE dynamical and spectroscopic characterization of HD142527B
    • Spectral and orbital characterisation of the directly imaged giant planet HIP 65426 b
    • A search for accreting young companions embedded in circumstellar disks: High-contrast H alpha imaging with VLT/SPHERE
    • beta Pictoris b post conjunction detection with VLT/SPHERE
    • Imaging radial velocity planets with SPHERE
    • The GJ 504 system revisited. Combining interferometric, radial velocity, and high contrast imaging data
    • Orbital and atmospheric characterization of the planet within the gap of the PDS 70 transition disk
    • Discovery of a planetary-mass companion within the gap of the transition disk around PDS 70
    • Dynamical masses of M-dwarf binaries in young moving groups I - The case of TWA 22 and GJ 2060
    • New spectro-photometric characterization of the substellar object HR 2562 B using SPHERE
    • VLT/SPHERE astrometric confirmation and orbital analysis of the brown dwarf companion HR 2562 B
  • Protoplanetary Disks
    • A gap, shadows, spirals, streamers: SPHERE observations of binary-disk interactions in GG Tau A
    • Ongoing flyby in the young multiple system UX Tauri
    • Shadowing and multiple rings in the protoplanetary disk of HD 139614
    • Mapping of shadows cast on a protoplanetary disk by a close binary system
    • High-Contrast study of the candidate planets and protoplanetary disk around HD 100546
  • Technical / instrumental
    • General
      • SPHERE+ Proposal
      • Peering through SPHERE Images: A Glance at Contrast Limitations
      • SPHERE: the exoplanet imager for the Very Large Telescope
      • Low Wind Effect on VLT/SPHERE : impact, mitigation strategy, and results
    • IRDIS
      • The polarimetric imaging mode of VLT/SPHERE/IRDIS II: Characterization and correction of instrumental polarization effects
      • The polarimetric imaging mode of VLT/SPHERE/IRDIS I: Description, data reduction and observing strategy
    • Adaptive Optics
      • Origin of the asymmetry of the wind driven halo observed in high-contrast images
    • ZIMPOL
      • SPHERE / ZIMPOL high resolution polarimetric imager. I. System overview, PSF parameters, coronagraphy, and polarimetry
    • Data Processing
      • Astrometric and photometric accuracies in high contrast imaging: The SPHERE speckle calibration tool (SpeCal)
    • Coronagraphs
    • IFS
  • Debris Disks
    • HD 117214 debris disk: scattered light images and constraints on the presence of planets
    • Dust production in the debris disk around HR 4796 A
    • First resolved observations of a highly asymmetric debris disc around HD 160305 with VLT/SPHERE
    • A multi-wavelength study of the debris disc around 49 Cet
    • Optical polarized phase function of the HR 4796A dust ring
    • Two cold belts in the debris disk around the G-type star NZ Lup
    • New disk discovered with VLT/SPHERE around the M star GSC 07396-00759
    • Resolving faint structures in the debris disk around TWA7
    • Observations of fast-moving features in the debris disk of AU Mic on a three-year timescale: Confirmation and new discoveries
  • Other Sciences
    • The SPHERE view of the jet and the envelope of RY Tau
    • The gravitational mass of Proxima Centauri measured with SPHERE from a microlensing event
• Consortium
• Data Centre
  • Services to the community : Data description and access, Reduction requests
    • Reduced data available for public download
    • Data access
    • Request for data processing
    • How to acknowledge the Data Center
    • FAQ
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  • More about the High Contrast Data Center (HC-DCn previsouly SPHERE Data Center)
    • Objectives of HC-DC (previously SPHERE Data Center)
    • Team and organization

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