Close-up view of the star HD 85512
This image shows a close-up of the sky around the star HD 85512. The picture was created from photographs taken through red and blue filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The coloured halos around the star, and the spikes of light, are artifacts of the telescope and are not real. The remarkable rocky planet HD 85512b that orbits this star is far too faint and too close in to be visible in this image.
Credit:ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
About the Image
| Id: | eso1134e |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 12 September 2011, 18:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1134 |
| Size: | 397 x 397 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HD 85512 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Main Sequence |
| Distance: | 35 light years |
| Constellation: | Vela |
| Category: | Stars |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 9 51 7.03 |
| Position (Dec): | -43° 30' 9.20" |
| Field of view: | 6.66 x 6.66 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.1° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical B | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical Pseudogreen (B+R) | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |