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 |
About the Object
Name: | Gemini South |
Category: | Gemini Observatory Stars |