Disc and a candidate planet around the star HD 135344B as seen with ERIS

Eso_eso2513b_1024

eso_eso2513b July 21st, 2025

Credit: ESO/F. Maio et al.

This image, taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), shows a spiral disc around the young star HD 135344B. The image was obtained with the VLT’s Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph (ERIS) instrument, which found a candidate planet that may be sculpting the spiral features in the disc. The location of this planet is indicated with a white circle. The central black circle corresponds to a coronagraph — a device that blocks the light of the star to reveal faint details around it. 

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2513b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HD135344B
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary
Eso_eso2513b_1280
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eso2513b
Subject Category
B.3.7.2.1  
Subject Name
HD135344B
Credits
ESO/F. Maio et al.
Release Date
2025-07-21T14:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2513b/
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Observation
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Bandpass
Central Wavelength
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Equinox
Reference Value
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931.0, 931.0
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Rotation
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FITS Header
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Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
https://www.eso.org
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Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
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None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso2513b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2513b.tif
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Metadata Date
2025-07-15T12:17:45+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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