The Sub-stellar companion to GQ Lupi

Eso_eso0511a_1024

eso_eso0511a April 7th, 2005

Credit: ESO

VLT NACO image, taken in the Ks-band, of GQ Lupi. The feeble point of light to the right of the star is the newly found cold companion. It is 250 times fainter than the star itself and it located 0.73 arcsecond west. At the distance of GQ Lupi, this corresponds to a distance of roughly 100 astronomical units. North is up and East is to the left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0511a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
GQ Lupi
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Young Stellar Object
Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (NACO) Infrared (Near-IR) -
Eso_eso0511a_1280
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ID
eso0511a
Subject Category
B.3.1.2   B.3.7.1  
Subject Name
GQ Lupi
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2005-04-07T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0511a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
NACO
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1116.0, 930.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0511a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0511a.tif
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Metadata Date
2016-07-19T10:03:14+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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