This multi-purpose high - contrast visible and near - infrared (R - to K - band) instrument is not
only intended to serve as a VLT - class «planet - imager» instrument in the Northern hemisphere, but also to operate as a technology demonstr... ▽ More The vector vortex is a coronagraphic
imaging mode of the recently commissioned Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme - Adaptive Optics (SCExAO)
platform on the 8 - m Subaru Telescope.