The Messenger 119
March 2005

RECENT ASTROPHYSICAL RESULTS
FROM THE VLTI

MARKUS WITTKOWSKI[1], FRANCESCO PARESCE[1], OLIVIER CHESNEAU[2], PIERRE KERVELLA[3],
ANTHONY MEILLAND[2], KLAUS MEISENHEIMER[4] AND KEIICHI OHNAKA[5]

[1]EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY, GARCHING, GERMANY ;[2]OBSERVATOIRE DE LA CÔTE D’AZUR, GRASSE, FRANCE; [3]LESIA, OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS, FRANCE ;[4]MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY;
[5]MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE, BONN, GERMANY

Abstract: We present a review of recent astrophysical results based on data obtained with the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). The very first VLTI results have already been reviewed by Richichi & Paresce (2003). Remarkably, the first scientific results from the mid-infrared instrument MIDI, which emerge from science demonstration and guaranteed time observations, already cover a very broad range of astrophysical topics. These topics include active galactic nuclei, young stellar objects and proto-planetary discs, the environments of hot stars, as well as evolved stars and their envelopes.
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The Messenger 119 March 2005

RECENT ASTROPHYSICAL RESULTS FROM THE VLTI

MARKUS WITTKOWSKI[1], FRANCESCO PARESCE[1], OLIVIER CHESNEAU[2], PIERRE KERVELLA[3], ANTHONY MEILLAND[2], KLAUS MEISENHEIMER[4] AND KEIICHI OHNAKA[5]

[1]EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY, GARCHING, GERMANY ;[2]OBSERVATOIRE DE LA CÔTE D’AZUR, GRASSE, FRANCE; [3]LESIA, OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS, FRANCE ;[4]MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY; [5]MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE, BONN, GERMANY

The Messenger 119
March 2005

RECENT ASTROPHYSICAL RESULTS
FROM THE VLTI

MARKUS WITTKOWSKI[1], FRANCESCO PARESCE[1], OLIVIER CHESNEAU[2], PIERRE KERVELLA[3],
ANTHONY MEILLAND[2], KLAUS MEISENHEIMER[4] AND KEIICHI OHNAKA[5]

[1]EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY, GARCHING, GERMANY ;[2]OBSERVATOIRE DE LA CÔTE D’AZUR, GRASSE, FRANCE; [3]LESIA, OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS, FRANCE ;[4]MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE, HEIDELBERG, GERMANY;
[5]MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE, BONN, GERMANY