VLT image of the protoplanet around the young star HD 100546

This image from the NACO system on ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows a candidate protoplanet in the disc of gas and dust around the young star HD100546. This picture was taken with a special coronagraph that suppresses the light from the brilliant star and allows the region of the protoplanet to be seen in great detail. The brightest part of this picture is the candidate protoplanet and the dark disc at the bottom is hiding the very bright star itself.

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ESO

About the Image

Id:eso1310c
Type:Observation
Release date:28 February 2013, 16:00
Related releases:eso1310
Size:2000 x 2000 px

About the Object

Name:HD 100546
Type:Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Protoplanetary
Category:Stars

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