NICI image of PZ Tel A and B

NOIRLab/Beth Biller/Gemini Observatory/AURA

NICI image of PZ Tel A and B

PZ Tel A and B. The vast majority of light from PZ Tel A has been removed from this image using specialized image analysis techniques. The size of the orbit of Neptune is shown for comparison; PZ Tel B would lie within Neptune's orbital dimensions and is one of few brown dwarfs or exoplanets imaged at a distance of < 30 AU from its parent star.

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About the Image

ID: geminiann10013a
Type: Collage

About the Object

Name: Gemini South

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