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The Disk Revealed
My first two posts about the Seattle AAS meeting focused on the two Citizen Sky posters and a slew of posters and the special session dedicated to epsilon Aurigae. This post is fulfillment of a promise: a discussion of the interferometry poster, along with one extra bonus: a "wow" image.
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The Disk Revealed: Part 2
Back in February I posted an image showing the outline of the disk:
but after talking with Aaron about his recent visit to Tufts, I realized that I didn't actually explain what was in the image. So I thought I would take a moment and put up a different graphic:
An Alternative Disk Model from Budaj (2011)
Dr. Jan Budaj has published an alternative disk model (using your observations!) that explains the mid eclipse brightening without the need for a hole in the disk. He has written an explanation of the new model. Click here to read it in our forums.
