Discovery Image of the Planet 51 Eridani b (IMAGE)

University of Arizona

Discovery Image of the Planet 51 Eridani b

Caption

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

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

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