VLT image of exoplanet HD 95086 b

Eso_eso1324a_1024

eso_eso1324a June 3rd, 2013

Credit: ESO/J. Rameau

This image from ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows the newly discovered planet HD95086 b, next to its parent star. The observations were made using NACO, the adaptative optics instrument for the VLT in infrared light, and using a technique called differential imaging, which improves the contrast between the planet and its dazzling host star. The star itself has been removed from the picture during processing to enhance the view of the faint exoplanet and its position is marked. The exoplanet appears at the lower left. The blue circle is the size of the orbit of Neptune in the Solar System. The star HD 95086 has similar properties to Beta Pictoris and HR 8799 around which giant planets have previously been imaged at separations between 8 and 68 astronomical units. These stars are all young, more massive than the Sun, and surrounded by a debris disc.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1324a/

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 Type
Observation
Object Name
HD 95086 b
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue VLT (NACO) Infrared -
Eso_eso1324a_1280
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ID
eso1324a
Subject Category
B.3.7.1  
Subject Name
HD 95086 b
Credits
ESO/J. Rameau
Release Date
2013-06-03T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1324a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
NACO
Color Assignment
Blue
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1632.0, 1280.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
ohainaut
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
eso1324a
Metadata Date
2013-05-31T09:46+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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