coronagraphy

"During the past 10 years Hubble has been used to look at over 200 stars with coronagraphy, looking for planets and disks.

Kuchner was awarded the 2009 SPIE early career achievement award for his work on coronagraphy.

He is co-discoverer of the first brown dwarf, Gliese 229B, and is active in research on exoplanets, white dwarfs, adaptive optics and coronagraphy.

The fact that CanariCam offers polarimetry and coronagraphy in addition to the more standard imaging and spectroscopic modes makes it a versatile and powerful instrument.

The primary mission of PROBA-3 is solar coronagraphy by using the telescope on the larger of the two satellites to view the sun's corona while the other spacecraft is maneuvered to accurately occult the disc of the sun.