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.
Crédito:ESO/R.-D.Scholz et al. (AIP)
Sobre la imagen
Identificador: | eso0303a |
Tipo: | Collage |
Fecha de publicación: | 13 de Enero de 2003 |
Noticias relacionadas: | eso0303 |
Tamaño: | 1024 x 1499 px |
Sobre el objeto
Nombre: | Epsilon Indi B |
Tipo: | Milky Way : Star : Type : Brown Dwarf |
Categoría: | Stars |
Colores y filtros
Banda | Longitud de onda | Telescopio |
---|---|---|
Infrarrojo I | 700 nm | Other |
Infrarrojo K | 2.1 μm | Other |