VLT image of the protoplanet around the young star HD 100546

Eso_eso1310c_1024

eso_eso1310c February 28th, 2013

Credit: ESO

This image from the NACO system on ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows a candidate protoplanet in the disc of gas and dust around the young star HD100546. This picture was taken with a special coronagraph that suppresses the light from the brilliant star and allows the region of the protoplanet to be seen in great detail. The brightest part of this picture is the candidate protoplanet and the dark disc at the bottom is hiding the very bright star itself.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1310c/

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
HD 100546
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (NACO) Infrared (L') -
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ID
eso1310c
Subject Category
B.3.7.2.1  
Subject Name
HD 100546
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2013-02-28T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1310c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
NACO
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
L'
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2000.0, 2000.0
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
eso1310c
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1310c.tif
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Metadata Date
2013-02-22T11:01:14+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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