Epsilon Indi B
Epsilon Indi A (the bright star at far right) and its brown dwarf companion Epsilon Indi B (circled). The upper image comes from one of the SuperCOSMOS Sky Surveys (SSS) optical photographic plates (I-band, centred at wavelength 0.7 µm) on which this very high proper motion object was discovered. The lower image is a near-infrared image (Ks-band, 2.1 µm) from the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). Epsilon Indi B is much brighter in the near-infrared than at optical wavelengths, indicating that it is a very cool object. Both images cover roughly 7 x 5 arcmin.
Credit:ESO/R.-D.Scholz et al. (AIP)
About the Image
Id: | eso0303a |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 13 January 2003 |
Related releases: | eso0303 |
Size: | 1024 x 1499 px |
About the Object
Name: | Epsilon Indi B |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Type : Brown Dwarf |
Category: | Stars |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Infrared I | 700 nm | Other |
Infrared K | 2.1 μm | Other |