First light from the Dome C (Antarctica) of a phase knife stellar coronagraph

• Main Authors: Guerri, Geraldine, Abe, Lyu, Daban, Jean-Baptiste, Aristidi, Eric, Bendjoya, Philippe, Rivet, Jean-Pierre, Vakili, Farrokh
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2009
• Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics astro-ph.IM; FOS Physical sciences; Canopus; Concordia Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0902.2326; https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.2326

We report on the first daytime on-sky results of a Phase Knife stellar Coronagraph operated in the visible from the French-Italian Concordia station at Dome C of Antarctica. This site has proven in the last few years to offer excellent atmospheric seeing conditions for high spatial resolution observ...