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: | 1072 x 1556 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Epsilon Indi B |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Type : Brown Dwarf • X - Stars |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared I |
700 nm | Other |
| Infrared K |
2.1 μm | Other |
Images
Wallpapers
