Fig. 8

HST/NICMOS F110W image of GJ 581 (north is up, east is left). The star was not placed behind the occulting spot available on the NIC2 camera. We subtracted the PSF using observations of GJ 250B made earlier in the same scientific program, as described in Krist et al. (1998). The circular black digital mask has 4′′ radius (30 AU) and blocks the central region where PSF subtraction artifacts are significant. Along the position angle of the disk (PA = 120 degrees) the field of view is limited to approximately 10′′ radius (62 AU). We estimate the 3σ sensitivity to nebulosity in the 4′′–10′′ radius region as ΣF110W = 18.7 mag arcsec-2. Lack of detectable scattered light at this level is consistent with the dust model derived from the far-IR PACS images.
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