Planet 51 Eridani b (IMAGE)

Arizona State University

Planet 51 Eridani b

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This is a discovery image of the planet 51 Eridani b with the Gemini Planet Imager taken in the near-infrared light on Dec. 18, 2014. The bright central star has been mostly removed to enable the detection of the exoplanet one million times fainter.

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Julien Rameau (UdeM) and Christian Marois (NRC Herzberg)

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