Reflection nebulosity around SAO 206462. First two rows, from left to right: P_⊥ image, P_∥ image, and P_⊥ image with blue and pink stripes indicating the position of the major and minor axis, respectively. The first row is H band, the second is K_s band. Third row, from left to right: comparison between the P_⊥ image in K_s band and continuum emission from sub-mm observations by Brown et al. (2009), polar mapping of H and K_s band with angles measured with respect to north. Images are upscaled by a factor 3 to minimize smoothing effects throughout the sub-pixel data shifting and are scaled with r² to compensate for stellar light dilution. The color scale is linear and arbitrary. The red central region indicates the area on the detector with non-linear pixels. Continuum contours are drawn at 3σ intervals starting from 3σ.