Structure in the Dusty Debris around Vega

@article{Wilner2002StructureIT,
  title={Structure in the Dusty Debris around Vega},
  author={David J. Wilner and Matthew J. Holman and Marc J. Kuchner and Paul T. P. Ho},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2002},
  volume={569}
}
We present images of the Vega system obtained with the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer at a 1.3 mm wavelength with submillijansky sensitivity and ~25 resolution (about 20 AU). These observations clearly detect the stellar photosphere and two dust emission peaks offset from the star by 95 and 80 to the northeast and southwest, respectively. These offset emission peaks are consistent with the barely resolved structure visible in previous submillimeter images, and they account for a large… 
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