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This is a discovery image of the planet 51 Eridani b with the Gemini Planet Imager taken in the nearinfrared 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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[Credit: J. Rameau (UdeM) and C. Marois (NRC Herzberg)]

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