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Exoplanets PDS 70 b and c
PDS 70 is only the second multi-planet system to be directly imaged. Through a combination of adaptive optics and data processing, astronomers were able to cancel out the light from the central star (marked by a white star) to reveal two orbiting exoplanets. PDS 70 b (lower left)...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2019
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2019-26-4502-image
PDS 70 is only the second multi-planet system to be directly imaged. Through a combination of adaptive optics and data processing, astronomers were able to cancel out the light from the central star (marked by a white star) to reveal two orbiting exoplanets. PDS 70 b (lower left) weighs 4 to 17 times as much as Jupiter while PDS 70 c (upper right) weighs 1 to 10 times as much as Jupiter.
Credits
ESO and S. Haffert (Leiden Observatory)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | PDS 70 b and c |
| Object Description | Two exoplanets |
| R.A. Position | 14:08:10.15 |
| Dec. Position | -41:23:52.57 |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Distance | 370 light-years |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | H-alpha map after removal of all direct and scattered starlight. Data taken with the MUSE spectrograph on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. |
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