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.

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ESO

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Id:eso0511a
Tipo:Observação
Data de divulgação:7 de Abril de 2005
Notícias relacionadas:eso0511
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Nome:GQ Lupi
Tipo:Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object
Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System
Distância:450 anos-luz
Categoria:Exoplanets

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