i Horologii - radial velocity variations

This chart shows radial velocity measurements (with individual errors shown as bars) of the 5.4-mag solar-type star iota Hor over a period of nearly six years. The thin line indicates the variation that is caused by the new planet (as a best-fit Keplerian orbit).

Credit:

ESO

About the Image

Id:eso9938a
Type:Chart
Release date:29 July 1999
Related releases:eso9938
Size:1053 x 702 px

About the Object

Name:Iota Horologii
Type:Milky Way : Star
Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System
Distance:55 light years
Category:Exoplanets

Image Formats

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Colours & filters

BandTelescope
OpticalCoudé Auxiliary Telescope