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We present first results of our NAOS-CONICA search for close substellar companions around young nearby stars. This program was started only a few months ago. We have obtained 1st epoch images of several targets which are unpublished young stars (<100 Myrs), hence ideal targets to look for planetary companions. For one target star we could even take a 2nd epoch image. By comparing both images we could look for co-moving companions of the target star. Those data show clearly that the detection of planetary companions (m<13 M Jup ) inward a saturn-like orbit (r<10 AU) is feasible with NAOS-CONICA and in addition that the astrometric confirmation of those companions is doable with only a few weeks of epoch difference.
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Mugrauer, M., Neuhäuser, R., Guenther, E., Brandner, W., Alves, J., Ammler, M. Search for Sub-Stellar Companions Using AO – First Results Obtained with NAOS-CONICA. In: Brandner, W., Kasper, M.E. (eds) Science with Adaptive Optics. ESO Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10828557_26
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