Three years after the installation of AMBER, the first scientific observations have been carried out mostly during Science Demonstration Time and Guaranteed Time. The first science has mainly focused on the environment of various types of stars. Observations described are: the discs and wind in the young star MWC297; the rotating gas envelope around the hot active star CPD-57 2874; mass loss from the massive star Eta Carinae; the colliding wind WR and O star binary gamma2 Velorum; the outburst of the recurrent nova RS Oph.
First AMBER/VLTI Science
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