The First Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Observations of the Galactic Center: Sgr A's Infrared Color and the Extended Red Emission in its Vicinity

• Main Authors: Ghez, A. M, Hornstein, S. D, Lu, J, Bouchez, A, Mignant, D. Le, van Dam, M. A, Wizinowich, P, Matthews, K, Morris, M, Becklin, E. E, Campbell, R. D, Chin, J. C. Y, Hartman, S. K, Johansson, E. M, Lafon, R. E, Stomski, P. J, Summers, D. M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 30.08.2005
• Subjects: Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies; Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics; Physics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics; Physics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena; Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics; Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Astrophys.J.635:1087-1094,2005 (Abridged) We present the first Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGS-AO) observations of the Galactic center. LGS-AO has dramatically improved the quality, robustness, and versatility with which high angular resolution infrared images of the Galactic center can be obt...