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Astrophysical Results with Stellar Coronagraphy A companion to AB Pic at the planet/brown dwarf boundary G. Chauvin, A.-M. Lagrange, B. Zuckerman, et al. Astron. Astrophys. 438, L29-L32 (2005). Astrometric and spectroscopic confirmation of a brown dwarf companion to GSC 08047-00232. VLT/NACO deep imaging and spectroscopic observations G. Chauvin, A.-M. Lagrange, F. Lacombe, et al. Astron. Astrophys. 430, 1027-1033 (2005). A giant planet candidate near a young brown dwarf. Direct VLT/NACO observations using IR wavefront sensing G. Chauvin, A.-M. Lagrange, C. Dumas, et al. Astron. Astrophys. 425, L29-L32 (2005). Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys Coronagraphic Imaging of the AU Microscopii Debris Disk J.E. Krist, D.R. Ardila, D.A. Golimowski, et al. Astron. J. 129 1008-1017 (2005). A Resolved Debris Disk around the G2 V Star HD 107146 D.R. Ardila, D.A. Golimowski, J.E. Krist, et al. Astrophys. J. 617 L147-L150 (2004). 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Ser. 125, 175-182 (1997) Top of Page   Papers on Stops and Image Masks Eighth-Order Image Masks for Terrestrial Planet Finding M.J. Kuchner, J. Crepp, and J. Ge Astrophys. J. 628 466-473 (2005). Using Notch-Filter Masks for High-Contrast Imaging of Extrasolar Planets J.H. Debes, J. Ge, M.J. Kuchner, and M. Rogosky Astrophys. J. 608 1095-1099 (2004). Notch filter masks: practical image masks for planet-finding coronagraphs M.J. Kuchner and D.N. Spergel Astrophys. J. 594 617-626 (2003). A coronagraph with a band-limited mask for finding terrestrial planets M.J. Kuchner and W.A. Traub Astrophys. J. 570, 900 (2002). Top of Page   Papers on Pupil Masks Checkerboard-Mask Coronagraphs for High-Contrast Imaging R.J. Vanderbei, N.J. Kasdin, D.N. Spergel Astrophys. J. 615 555-561 (2004). Circularly Symmetric Apodization via Star-shaped Masks R.J. Vanderbei, D.N. Spergel, J.N. Kasdin Astrophys. J. 599 686-694 (2003). Spiderweb Masks for High-Contrast Imaging R.J. Vanderbei, D.N. Spergel, J.N. 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Extrasolar planets. Exo-planets. Searching for extrasolar planets. Searching for exo-planets. Earth-like planets in the Milky Way. Exoplanets and extra-solar planets, or exoplanets and extra-solar planets. Planets around others stars are called extrasolar planets. What is an extrasolar planet? Astronomy, or astronomy and finding planets.