This image, captured by the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, shows the star TYC 8998-760-1 accompanied by two giant exoplanets. This is the first time astronomers have directly observed more than one planet orbiting a star similar to the Sun.
The image was captured by blocking the light from the young, Sun-like star (on the top left corner) using a coronagraph, which allows for the fainter planets to be detected. The bright and dark rings we see on the star’s image are optical artefacts. The two planets are visible as two bright dots in the centre and bottom right of the frame.
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About the Image
| Id: | eso2011a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 22 July 2020, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | eso2011 |
| Size: | 1310 x 1310 px |
About the Object
| Name: | TYC 8998-760-1 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Constellation: | Musca |
| Category: | Exoplanets |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 13 25 11.95 |
| Position (Dec): | -64° 56′ 21.78″ |
| Field of view: | 0.05 x 0.05 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is -0.0° left of vertical |
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