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SPHERE image of the newborn planet PDS 70b

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stsci_2020-60a July 2nd, 2018

Credit: ESO/A. Müller et al.

This spectacular image from the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope is the first clear image of a planet caught in the very act of formation around the dwarf star PDS 70. The planet stands clearly out, visible as a bright point to the right of the centre of the image, which is blacked out by the coronagraph mask used to block the blinding light of the central star.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-60

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: PDS 70
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 14h 8m 10.2s; DEC = -41° 23’ 52.6”
Orientation: North is 90.3° CCW
Field of View: 0.0 x 0.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (SPHERE)	Infrared (K1)	2.1 µm
	VLT (SPHERE)	Infrared (K2)	2.3 µm

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Orange

Orange

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ID: 2020-60a
Subject Category: B.3.7.2.1
Subject Name: PDS 70
Credits: ESO/A. Müller et al.

Release Date: 2018-07-02T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-60

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument: SPHERE, SPHERE
Color Assignment: Orange, Orange

Band: Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: K1, K2
Central Wavelength: 2110, 2251

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 212.042332518, -41.3979441244
Reference Dimension: 2000.0, 1692.0

Reference Pixel: 1000.0, 846.0
Scale: -1.83790892021e-07, 1.83790892021e-07
Rotation: 90.30000000000004
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): STScI
URL: http://hubblesite.org
Name: Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email: outreach@stsci.edu

Telephone: 410-338-4444
Address: 3700 San Martin Drive
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: USA
Rights: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-J-p2060a-f-2000x1692.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-J-p2060a-f-2000x1692.tif
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Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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