Epsilon Indi B
Epsilon Indi A (the bright star at far right) and its brown dwarf companion Epsilon Indi B (circled). The upper image comes from one of the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys (SSS) optical photographic plates (I-band, centred at wavelength 0.7 µm) on which this very high proper motion object was discovered. The lower image is a near-infrared image (Ks-band, 2.1 µm) from the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). Epsilon Indi B is much brighter in the near-infrared than at optical wavelengths, indicating that it is a very cool object. Both images cover roughly 7 x 5 arcmin.
Crédit:ESO/R.-D.Scholz et al. (AIP)
À propos de l'image
Identification: | eso0303a |
Type: | Collage |
Date de publication: | 13 janvier 2003 |
Communiqués de presse en rapport: | eso0303 |
Taille: | 1024 x 1499 px |
À propos de l'objet
Nom: | Epsilon Indi B |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Type : Brown Dwarf |
Catégorie: | Stars |
Couleurs & filtres
Domaine | Longueur d'onde | Télescope |
---|---|---|
Infrarouge I | 700 nm | Other |
Infrarouge K | 2.1 μm | Other |