Infrared Image of Exoplanet (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Infrared Image of Exoplanet

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Image of the exoplanet 51 Eridani b was taken by the Gemini Planet Imager in the near-infrared on Dec. 18 2014. The light from the central star has been mostly removed to enable the detection of the exoplanet one million times fainter.

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

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