May 3, 2023

The V1295 Aquilae system with its protoplanetary disk seen one month apart by the CHARA interferometric array

An article published in “The Astrophysical Journal” reports a study based on the most detailed images obtained so far of the protoplanetary disk surrounding the very young star V1295 Aquilae. A team of researchers used CHARA’s array, the world’s largest optical and infrared interferometer, to obtain images of the inner area of the protoplanetary disk in detail never seen before. Despite this, the results lead to more questions than answers because they confirmed the presence of structures in the disk and emissions reported by previous studies but their characteristics still don’t have complete explanations.