Discovery Image of Exoplanet 51 Eridani b (IMAGE)

Stanford University

Discovery Image of Exoplanet 51 Eridani b

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Discovery image of the exoplanet 51 Eridani b was taken in the near-infrared light with the Gemini Planet Imager on Dec. 21, 2014. The bright central star has been mostly removed to enable the detection of the million-times fainter planet.

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J. Rameau (UdeM) and C. Marois (NRC Herzberg)

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