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.

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Om bilden

ID:eso0511a
Typ:Observation
Publiceringsdatum:7 april 2005
Relaterade pressmeddelanden:eso0511
Storlek:1116 x 934 px

Om objektet

Namn:GQ Lupi
Typ:Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object
Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System
Avstånd:450 ljusår
Kategori:Exoplanets

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Infrarött
Near-IR
Very Large Telescope
NACO