51 Eri b (IMAGE)

Gemini Observatory

51 Eri b

Caption

This is the discovery image of 51 Eri b with the Gemini Planet Imager taken in the near-infrared light on Dec. 18, 2014. The bright central star has been mostly removed by a hardware and software mask to enable the detection of the exoplanet one million times fainter.

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Credits: J. Rameau (UdeM) and C. Marois (NRC Herzberg).

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