The Sub-stellar companion to GQ Lupi

VLT NACO image, taken in the Ks-band, of GQ Lupi. The feeble point of light to the right of the star is the newly found cold companion. It is 250 times fainter than the star itself and it located 0.73 arcsecond west. At the distance of GQ Lupi, this corresponds to a distance of roughly 100 astronomical units. North is up and East is to the left.

Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0511a
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:7 april 2005
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0511
Grootte:1116 x 934 px

Over het object

Naam:GQ Lupi
Type:Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object
Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System
Afstand:450 lichtjaren
Categorie:Exoplanets

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BandTelescoop
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