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Please cite Hippler et al., The Messenger, vol. 137, 14 (2009) for AstraLux Sur based publications and
Hormuth et al., SPIE, Vol. 7014, 701448 (2008) for AstraLux Norte based publications.

The AstraLux Capabilities, talk given in March 2018.

  1. A remnant planetary core in the hot-Neptune desert;  David J. Armstrong et al.; Nature 583, 39-42 (2020). doi:10.1038/s41586-020-2421-7

  2. How many suns are in the sky? Multiplicity surveys of exoplanet host stars; M. Mugrauer et al.; Origins: From the Protosun to the First Steps of Life. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Volume 345, pp. 316-317 (2020). doi:10.1017/S1743921319001595

  3. MONOS: Multiplicity Of Northern O-type Spectroscopic systems. I. Project description and spectral classifications and visual multiplicity of previously known object; J. Maíz Apellániz et al.;  A&A, Volume 626, id.A20, 39 pp. (2019).  doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201935359  

  4. The discrepancy between dynamical and theoretical mass in the triplet-system 2MASS J10364483+1521394; Calissendorff, Per; Janson, Markus; Köhler, Rainer; Durkan, Stephen; Hippler, Stefan; Dai, Xiaolin; Brandner, Wolfgang; Schlieder, Joshua; Henning, Thomas; A&A, 604, id.A82, 9 pp. (2017). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201730725

  5. Multi-epoch observations with high spatial resolution of multiple T Tauri systems; Csépány, Gergely; van den Ancker, Mario; Ábrahám, Péter; Köhler, Rainer; Brandner, Wolfgang; Hormuth, Felix; Hiss, Hector; A&A, Volume 603, id.A74, 28 pp. (2017). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201527494
     
  6. Young, active radio stars in the AB Doradus moving group; Azulay, R.; Guirado, J. C.; Marcaide, J. M.; Martí-Vidal, I.; Ros, E.; Tognelli, E.; Hormuth, F.; Ortiz, J. L.; A&A, Volume 602, id.A57, 15 pp. (2017). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629899

  7. Binaries among low-mass stars in nearby young moving groups; Janson, Markus; Durkan, Stephen; Hippler, Stefan; Dai, Xiaolin; Brandner, Wolfgang; Schlieder, Joshua; Bonnefoy, Mickael; Henning, Thomas; A&A, 599, id.A70 (2017). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201629945

  8. Discovery and Validation of a High-Density sub-Neptune from the K2 Mission; Espinoza, Néstor; Brahm, Rafael; Jordán, Andrés; Jenkins, James S.; Rojas, Felipe; Jofré, Paula; Mädler, Thomas; Rabus, Markus; Chanamé, Julio; Pantoja, Blake; Soto, Maritza G.; Morzinski, Katie M.; Males, Jared R.; Ward-Duong, Kimberly; Close, Laird M.; ApJ, 830, article id. 43, 11 pp. (2016). doi:10.3847/0004-637X/830/1/43
     
  9. A lucky imaging multiplicity study of exoplanet host stars - II; Ginski, C.; Mugrauer, M.; Seeliger, M.; Buder, S.; Errmann, R.; Avenhaus, H.; Mouillet, D.; Maire, A.-L.; Raetz, S.; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 457, Issue 2, p.2173-2191 (2016).

  10. Characterization of close visual binaries from the AstraLux Large M Dwarf Survey; Bergfors, C.; Brandner, W.; Bonnefoy, M.; Schlieder, J.; Janson, M.; Henning, Th.; Chauvin, G.; Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 456, Issue 3, p.2576-2585 (2016).

  11. Single stars in the Hyades open cluster. Fiducial sequence for testing stellar and atmospheric models; Kopytova, Taisiya G.; Brandner, Wolfgang; Tognelli, Emanuele; Prada Moroni, Pier Giorgio; Da Rio, Nicola; Röser, Siegfried; Schilbach, Elena; Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 585, id.A7, 7 pp. (2016).

  12. A Lucky Imaging search for stellar sources near 74 transit hosts; Maria Wöllert and Wolfgang Brandner; Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 579, id.A129 (2015).

  13. A Lucky Imaging search for stellar companions to transiting planet host stars; Maria Wöllert, Wolfgang Brandner, Carolina Bergfors, and Thomas Henning; Astronomy & Astrophysics 575 , A23 (2015).

  14. Examining Young Multiple Stellar Systems with Lucky Imaging and Adaptive Optics Observations, Csépány, G.; van den Ancker, M.; Abrahám, P.; Köhler, R.; Brandner, W.; Hormuth, F.; ASP Conference Series, Vol. 496, p. 89, San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2015).

  15. Orbital Monitoring of the AstraLux Large M-dwarf Multiplicity Sample; Markus Janson, Carolina Bergfors, Wolfgang Brandner, Mickael Bonnefoy, Joshua Schlieder, Rainer Kohler, Felix Hormuth, Thomas Henning, Stefan Hippler; ApJS 214, 17, 21 pp. (2014); arXiv:1409.1550 (2014).

  16. The AstraLux Multiplicity Survey: Extension to Late M-dwarfs; Markus Janson, Carolina Bergfors, Wolfgang Brandner, Natalia Kudryavtseva, Felix Hormuth, Stefan Hippler, Thomas Henning; ApJ 789, 102, 19 pp. (2014).

  17. The young binary HD 102077: Orbit, spectral type, kinematics, and moving group membership; Maria Wöllert, Wolfgang Brandner, Sabine Reffert, Joshua E. Schlieder, Maren Mohler-Fischer, Rainer Köhler, Thomas Henning; Astronomy & Astrophysics 564, A10 (2014).

  18. Kepler-91b: a planet at the end of its life. Planet and giant host star properties via light-curve variations; Lillo-Box, J.; Barrado, D.; Moya, A.; Montesinos, B.; Montalbán, J.; Bayo, A.; Barbieri, M.; Régulo, C.; Mancini, L.; Bouy, H.; Henning, T.; Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 562, A109, 19 pp. (2014).

  19. New companions to nearby low-mass stars; Jódar, Esther; Pérez-Garrido, Antonio; Díaz-Sánchez, Anastasio; Villó, Isidro; Rebolo, Rafael; Pérez-Prieto, Jorge A.; MNRAS, Volume 429, Issue 1, p. 859-867 (2013).

  20. Stellar companions to exoplanet host stars: Lucky Imaging of transiting planet hosts; Bergfors, C.; Brandner, W.; Daemgen, S.; Biller, B.; Hippler, S.; Janson, M.; Kudryavtseva, N.; Geißler, K.; Henning, T.; Köhler, R.; MNRAS, Volume 428, Issue 1, p.182-189 (2013).

  21. The AstraLux Large M-dwarf Multiplicity Survey; Janson, Markus; Hormuth, Felix; Bergfors, Carolina; Brandner, Wolfgang; Hippler, Stefan; Daemgen, Sebastian; Kudryavtseva, Natalia; Schmalzl, Eva; Schnupp, Carolin; Henning, Thomas; ApJ 754, 44 (2012).

  22. A lucky imaging multiplicity study of exoplanet host stars; C. Ginski, M. Mugrauer, M. Seeliger, and T. Eisenbeiss; MNRAS 421, 2498 (2012).

  23. Massive binaries in the Cepheus OB2/3 region. Constraining the formation mechanism of massive stars; Peter, D.; Feldt, M.; Henning, Th.; Hormuth, F.; A&A 538, A74 (2012).

  24. Formation of stars, substellar objects and exoplanets: Observations of multiplicity; Carolina Bergfors; Dissertation, Univ. of Heidelberg (2011).

  25. Stellar companions to exoplanet host stars with Astralux, Bergfors, Carolina; Brandner, Wolfgang; Henning, Thomas; Daemgen, Sebastian; Proceedings IAU, 276, 397 (2011)

  26. Discovery of a stellar companion to the nearby solar-analogue HD 104304, Schnupp, C.; Bergfors, C.; Brandner, W.; Daemgen, S.; Fischer, D.; Marcy, G.; Henning, T.; Hippler, S.; Janson, M.; A&A 516, A21 (2010)

  27. Search for Outer Massive Bodies around Transiting Planetary Systems: Candidates of Faint Stellar Companions around HAT-P-7, Narita, N.; Kudo, Tomoyuki; Bergfors, C.; et al., PASJ 62, 779 (2010).

  28. High-resolution imaging of Galactic massive stars with AstraLux. I. 138 fields with δ > - 25°, Maíz Apellániz, J., A&A 518, 1 (2010).

  29. Lucky Imaging survey for southern M dwarf binaries, Bergfors, C.; Brandner, W.; Janson, M.; Daemgen, S.; Geissler, K.; Henning, T.; Hippler, S.; Hormuth, F.; Joergens, V.; Köhler, R.; A&A 520, 54 (2010).

  30. Towards Astrometric Detection of Neptune- to Earth-Mass Planets around M-Stars, Bergfors, C.; Brandner, W.; Janson, M.; Kudryavtseva, N.; Daemgen, S.; Hippler, S.; Hormuth, F.; Henning, T.; ASPC 430, 405 (2010)

  31. The AstraLux Sur Lucky Imaging Instrument at the NTT, Hippler, Stefan; Bergfors, Carolina; Brandner Wolfgang; Daemgen, Sebastian; Henning, Thomas; Hormuth, Felix; Huber, Armin; Janson, Markus; Rochau, Boyke; Rohloff, Ralf-Rainer; Wagner, Karl; The Messenger, vol. 137, 14 (2009)

  32. Binarity of Transit Host Stars - Implications on Planetary Parameters, Daemgen, S.; Hormuth, F.; Brandner, W.; Bergfors, C.; Janson, M.; Hippler, S.; Henning, Th., A&A 498, 567–574 (2009)

  33. Lucky Imaging of M subdwarfs, Lodieu, N.; Zapatero Osorio, M. R.; Martin, E. L., A&A 449, 729 (2009)

  34. The AstraLux large M dwarf survey, Hormuth, Felix; Brandner, Wolfgang; Janson, Markus; Hippler, Stefan; Henning, Thomas, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1094, pp. 935-938 (2009).

  35. High-Resolution Imaging of Transiting Exoplanet Host Stars with AstraLux, Daemgen, Sebastian; Hormuth, Felix; Janson, Markus; Brandner, Wolfgang; Meyer, Eva; Hippler, Stefan; Henning, Thomas, AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1094, pp. 433-436 (2009).

  36. Wavelet analysis of fast photometry on Cygnus X-1 with the AstraLux camera, Luque-Escamilla, P. L., Martí, J., Hormuth, F., Combi, Jorge A., Arjonilla, Álvaro Muñoz, & Sánchez-Sutil, J. R., AIP Conference Series, 1053, 387 (2008).

  37. AstraLux: the Calar Alto Lucky Imaging Camera, Felix Hormuth, Stefan Hippler, Wolfgang Brandner, Karl Wagner, Thomas Henning, Proc. SPIE 7014, 701448 (2008).

  38. AstraLux - the Calar Alto 2.2-m telescope Lucky Imaging camera, Felix Hormuth, Wolfgang Brandner, Stefan Hippler, Thomas Henning, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 131, 012051 (2008).

  39. MicroLux: high-precision timing of high-speed photometric observations, Felix Hormuth, Proc. SPIE 7014, 701446 (2008).

  40. The Rapid Outbursting Star GM Cep: An EXor in Tr 37?, Sicilia-Aguilar, Aurora; Merín, Bruno; Hormuth, Felix; Ábrahám, Péter; Henning, Thomas; Kun, Mária; Patel, Nimesh; Juhász, Attila; Brandner, Wolfgang; Hartmann, Lee W.; Csizmadia, Szilárd; Moór, Attila, ApJ 673, 382-399 (2008).

  41. Direct imaging of the young spectroscopic binary HD 160934, F. Hormuth, W. Brandner, S. Hippler, M. Janson, and T. Henning, A&A 463, 707-711 (2007).

  42. Astralux: High Angular Resolution Astronomy with an Electron Multiplying CCD, F. Hormuth, Diploma Thesis, Univ. of Heidelberg (2007).

  43. Astralux Signal to Noise and Dynamic Range Considerations, Heidelberg, March 2008.

  44. Andor Technologies DVU 897 back illuminated EMCCD (Astralux Sur camera) technical specifications, www.andor.com, August 2007.

  45. Andor Technologies DV 887 back illuminated EMCCD (Astralux Norte camera) technical specifications, www.andor.com, November 2004.

  46. Astralux Norte Manual for Observations at the 2.2m telescope on Calar Alto.

  47. Astralux Sur Manual for Observations at the 3.5m NTT telescope on La Silla.

  48. Astralux Norte Logsheet for Observations at the 2.2m telescope on Calar Alto (source file).

  49. Astralux Sur Logsheet for Observations at the 3.5m telescope (NTT) on La Silla (source file).