Disproving the Predicted Brown Dwarf around V471 Tau

Using the new extreme-AO instrument SPHERE, researchers image the prototype eclipsing post-common envelope binary V471 Tau in search of the brown dwarf that is believed to be responsible for variations in its eclipse arrival times. The new SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope has been used to search for a brown dwarf expected to […]
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