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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Data publikacji:28 lutego 2013 16:00
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Nazwa:HD 100546
Typ:Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Protoplanetary
Kategoria:Stars

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