The Sub-Stellar Companion to GQ Lupi
VLT NACO image, taken in the Ks-band, of GQ Lupi. The feeble point of light to the right of the star is the newly found cold companion. It is 250 times fainter than the star itself and it located 0.73 arcsecond west. At the distance of GQ Lupi, this corresponds to a distance of roughly 100 astronomical units. North is up and East is to the left.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0511a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 7 April 2005 |
| Related releases: | eso0511 |
| Size: | 1116 x 930 px |
About the Object
| Name: | GQ Lupi |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object • Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Distance: | 450 light years |
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| Band | Telescope |
| Infrared Near-IR |
Very Large Telescope NACO |
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