  We have carried out a direct and differential imaging search for sub-stellar
companions to eps Indi A using the adaptive optics system NACO at the ESO VLT.
The observations were carried out in September 2004 with NACO/SDI as well as
with NACO's S27 camera in the H and Ks filters. The SDI data cover an area of
\~2.8" around eps Indi A. No detection was achieved in the inner neighbourhood
down to 53 Mj (5 sigma confidence level) at a separation > 0.4" (1.45 AU) and
down to 21 Mj for separations > 1.3" (4.7 AU). To cover a wider field of view,
observations with the S27 camera and a coronagraphic mask were obtained. We
detected a faint source at a separation of (7.3 +/- 0.1)" and a position angle
of (302.9 +/- 0.8) degree. The photometry for the candidate companion yields
m(H)=(16.45 +/- 0.04)mag and m(Ks) = (15.41 +/- 0.06)mag, respectively. Those
magnitudes and the resulting color (H-Ks) = (1.04 +/- 0.07)mag fit best to a
spectral type of L5 - L9.5 if it is bound. Observations done with HST/NICMOS by
M. Endl have shown the source to be a background object.
