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First Image Of Planet-Like Body Orbiting A Star

Posted by timothy on from the won't-be-the-last dept.

deglr6328 writes "The Gemini North Telescope has, for the first time, directly imaged a planet like body orbiting a star. The object is a brown dwarf, 55 to 78 times the mass of planet Jupiter and 14 AU distant from its parent star 15 Sge. It was imaged using adaptive optics(see also here) that correct for the blurring effect of the atmosphere using deformable mirrors. Cool!"

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  1. I've gone colour-blind! by ukryule · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The object is a brown dwarf

    Doesn't look that brown to me!

    Then again, I believe that black holes aren't that black either ... :-)