Gerd Weigelt

Professor, Director of Infrared Astronomy at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Auf dem Hügel 69,  D-53121 Bonn
Phone: +49 228 525 243     Fax: +49 228 525 437     Email: weigelt@mpifr.de

Research topics:

 Young stellar objects, Late stages of stellar evolution, Active galactic nuclei, Radiative transfer modeling, Bispectrum speckle interferometry, IR long-baseline interferometry: VLTI AMBER, LBT

Press releases:

 16 May 2012 - Futter für das schwarze Loch , Fuel for the black hole ,
25 Jan. 2011 - Riesenstern mit dicker Staubscheibe , Supergiant star with a thick dust disc ,
15 July 2010 - Blick in die Wiege eines Sterns , A glimpse into a star′s cradle ,
08 Dec. 2009 - Im Reich der schwarzen Löcher , Towards an exquisite look at black holes ,
05 Aug. 2009 - Double Engine for a Nebula (ESO)
29 July 2009 - Ein Gigant in Aufruhr , Unveiling the true face of a gigantic star , ESO
02 Apr. 2009 - Im Herzen des Orion-Nebels , In the heart of the Orion Nebula , MPG:  or , A&A
27 May 2008 - Blick auf einen sterbenden Riesen , Close-up of a dying heavyweight , Presse Echo
06 Mar. 2008 - Das Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) blickt erstmals mit beiden »Augen« ins All , LBT Achieves First Binocular Light
21 Feb. 2007 - Vom frühen und späten Leben der Sterne , Shedding New Light on the Life Cycle of Stars , Presse Echo
24 Nov. 2005 - AMBER schaut in die Kinderstube von Planeten , AMBER looks into the cradle of planets , Presse Echo
26 Oct. 2005 - "Erstes Licht" für das Large Binocular Telescope , "First Light" for the LBT , Presse Echo
05 Apr. 2004 - Superscharfer Infrarot-Blick auf die Sterne , Adding new colours to interferometry , Presse Echo
VLTI AMBER Instrument
VLTI/AMBER/MIDI

 ATs
VLTI/ATs

 paranal
PARANAL

 LBT LINC-NIRVANA
LBT LINC-NIRVANA

  Evolved stars:

Eta Carinae
Eta Car
Speckle 		Eta Carinae
Eta Car
HST FOC
 Eta Carinae
Eta Car
Speckle, H Alpha 		Eta Carinae
Eta Car
Homunculus 		Eta Carinae
Eta Car
HST FOS spectro 		Eta Carinae
Eta Car
Polarimetry 		Eta Car 2008
Eta Car 2008
Speckle H alpha
 		Eta Carinae
Eta Car VLTI/AMBER 		IRC+10216
IRC+10216 (1) 		The carbon star IRC+10216
IRC+10216 (2) 		The dust-shell evolution of the carbon star
IRC+10216 (3) 		2d-model of the dust shell of IRC+10216
IRC+10216 (4) 		J-band image of IRC+10216
IRC+10216 (5) 		The bipolar nebula Red Rectangle
Red Rec (1) 		The proto-planetary nebula Red Rectangle
Red Rec (2) 		The proto-planetary nebula Red Rectangle
Red Rec (3)
The red supergiant VY CMa
VY CMa, NML Cyg,
IRC+10420, WR 118 		The Mira star R Cas
R Cas, R Leo 		The AGB star CIT 3
CIT 3, OH104.9+2.4,
AFGL 2290, LP And 		VLTI imaging
VLTI, LBT 		The Be star MWC 349
MWC 349 		Binary/Multiple Stars
Binaries 1-5
 		Gliese 569B
Gliese 569B 		T Cep
T Cep, IOTA
R Cas, GI2T 		Visibility of the post-AGB star R CrB
IOTA: R CrB 		VINCI interferometry of o Cet
VLTI/VINCI: Mira
 		RR Sco
VLTI/MIDI: RR Sco 		IRAS08002-3803
IRAS 08002 		CPD-57°2874
AMBER + MIDI: CPD-57°2874 		Kappa CMa
Kappa CMa
VLTI/AMBER 		RS Oph
AMBER: RS Oph		 RS Oph
VLTI/AMBER:
Gamma2 Velorum
Betelgeuse
VLTI/AMBER: Betelgeuse 		HD87643
VLTI/AMBER: HD87643		 Frosty Leonis Frosty Leonis BK Vir VLTI/AMBER
BK Vir
VLTI/AMBER
 		BM Gem
BM Gem
 		HD 327083
HD 327083
 		V Oph
V Oph
VLTI/MIDI 		WR 118
WR118
VLTI/AMBER

  Young stellar objects:

The starburst cluster NGC 3603
NGC 3603 		Z CMa
Z CMa, NX Pup,
DF Tau, V376 Cas 		spiral
Moving shadows
 The multiple star Theta 1 Ori B
Theta¹ Ori C (1) 		Orbital motion in Theta 1 Ori C
Theta¹ Ori C (2) 		VLTI AMBER
Orion OB stars 		LkHa 198, Elias 1, HK Ori, V380 Ori
LkHa198, Elias1,
HK Ori, V380 Ori 		Outflows of the embedded star YSO S140
S140 IRS1 (1) 		The massive protostellar object S140 IRS1
S140 IRS1 (2) 		The deeply-embedded young stellar object S140 IRS3
S140 IRS3 		The young stellar object R Mon
R Mon 		The young stellar object Mon R2
Mon R2 		The massive protostars in K3-50A
K3-50A 		The young stellar object AFGL 2591
AFGL 2591 		The young stellar object IRAS 23151+5912
IRAS 23151+5912
VLTI AMBER
NGC 7538 		MIDI interferometry<BR>of Herbig AeBe stars
VLTI/MIDI:
Herbig stars I 		Disk image
VLTI/MIDI:
Herbig stars II
 VLTI AMBER
VLTI/AMBER:
MWC 297 		Theta1 OrionisC
Theta 1 Ori C
IOTA 		Theta Ori C
Theta 1 Ori C
VLTI/AMBER		 Dust disk
HD163296
HD104237
HD98922
MWC297
VLTI/AMBER		 R Monocerotis
R Monocerotis		 VLTI/AMBER: MWC297
MWC 297
VLTI/AMBER
 		VLTI/AMBER V921 Sco
B[e] V921 Sco
VLTI/AMBER
 		HR 5999 inner disk
HR 5999
inner disk
 		Massive stars
IRAS 13481-6124
VLTI/AMBER
 		S CrA N
S CrA N
VLTI/AMBER
 		V921 Sco
V921 Sco
VLTI/AMBER 		R CrA
R CrA
VLTI/AMBER
R CrA
V645 Cyg
VLTI/AMBER 		HD 163296
HD 163296
MWC 275
AMBER 		Z CMa
Z CMa
AMBER

  Extragalactic objects:

R 136
R 136 		R 136
R 136 		The Seyfert galaxy NGC 7469
NGC 7469 		The Magellanic Cloud star cluster R64
R 64 		The Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068
NGC 1068
K-band, 6m Tel 		The Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068
NGC 1068
K-band, 6m Tel 		The Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068
VLTI/VINCI:
NGC 1068 		The Seyfert galaxy NGC 1068
VLTI/MIDI:
NGC 1068 		NGC 1068
Radiative transfer modeling 		WOH G64
VLTI/AMBER:
WOH G64 in the LMC		 LINC NIRVANA
LINC-NIRVANA		 Baldwin effect
Baldwin effect		 NGC3783, accretion disks
NGC 3783
VLTI/MIDI 		NGC4151, Mrk231, NGC4051, QSO IRAS13349+2438
NGC4151, Mrk231,
NGC4051, & QSO
IRAS13349+2438 		VLTI/AMBER: NGC3783
NGC 3783
VLTI/AMBER
dusty AGN
AKN120, IC4329A,
MrK 6, 3C273,
NGC 4151
VLTI/AMBER 		NGC 424
NGC 424
VLTI/MIDI
IOTA JHK-spectro-interferometry<br>
IOTA JHK interferograms
Click image to enlarge. 		Bispectrum Speckle Interferometry with 76 mas resolution
Real-time bispectrum speckle interferometry: 76 mas res. Frame rate of data recording & processing: ~2 per second.
SAO 6 m telescope, K-band. Click image to enlarge
AMBER AT interferograms
H- and K-band VLTI-AMBER interferograms (two 1.8 m ATs; HD 48433)
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