The 2M1207 system
eso_eso0619b June 6th, 2006
Credit: ESO
Two new studies, based on observations made with ESO's telescopes, show that objects only a few times more massive than Jupiter are born with discs of dust and gas, the raw material for planet making. This suggests that miniature versions of the solar system may circle objects that are some 100 times less massive than our Sun. VLT NACO J-band image, showing the 2M1207Ab system: the planetary companion is visible near the lower left rim of the brown dwarf, at a separation of 769 mas. North is up, East is left.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0619b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
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- ID
- eso0619b
- Subject Category
- B.3.2.3
- Subject Name
- 2M1207Ab
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2006-06-06T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0619b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Approximate distance in light years from http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0711/0711.0842v1.pdf
- Facility
- Very Large Telescope
- Instrument
- NACO
- Color Assignment
- Blue
- Band
- Infrared
- Bandpass
- J
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- 1910.0, 1134.0
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso0619b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0619b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2008-12-19T14:09:53+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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