NICI image of PZ Tel A and B

PZ Tel A and B. The vast majority of light from PZ Tel A has been removed from this image using specialized image analysis techniques. The size of the orbit of Neptune is shown for comparison; PZ Tel B would lie within Neptune's orbital dimensions and is one of few brown dwarfs or exoplanets imaged at a distance of < 30 AU from its parent star.

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Credit:

NOIRLab/Beth Biller/Gemini Observatory/AURA

About the Image

Id:geminiann10013a
Type:Collage
Release date:July 23, 2010, 9:25 p.m.
Related announcements:geminiann10013
Size:500 x 415 px

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