First Joint VLT/ALMA Observing Proposal successfully completed
12 August 2024
From Cycle 10, it has been possible to propose for joint VLT and ALMA observations. The first joint VLT/ALMA observing proposal has now been completed (prog ID 113.269Z, PI Benisty). Multi-epoch observations of a protoplanetary disc using VLT/SPHERE and ALMA revealed the suface and midplane layers of the disc. These observations aim to understand the mechanisms and timescale of cooling, which are critical to understanding disc evolution
These observations are a great example of how two state-of-the-art facilities can yield complementary views of astrophysical objects.