Beta Pictoris b
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Beta Pictoris b is an exoplanet orbiting the young debris disk, A-type main sequence star, Beta Pictoris located approximately 63 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Pictor. It has a m
An annotated view of the Beta Pictoris system.
Equatorial spin velocity vs mass for planets comparing Beta Pictoris b to the Solar System planets.
Artist's impression of Beta Pictoris b. The debris disk around the parent star can be seen.
Beta Pictoris b time-lapse.
Very Large Telescope
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The Very Large Telescope is an astronomical facility operated since 1998 by the European Southern Observatory, located on Cerro Paranal in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It consists of four ind
Beta Pictoris b
…is aligned with its orbital plane. The planet was discovered on November 18, 2008, by Anne-Marie Lagrange et al., using the NACO instrument on the Very Large Telescope at Cerro Paranal in northern Chile. This planet was discovered using the direct imaging technique, using reference star differential imaging. The…
The four Unit Telescopes that form the VLT together with the four Auxiliary Telescopes (VST at right)
VLT's four Unit Telescopes
Laser used for adaptive optics. It excites sodium atoms in the atmosphere and creates a laser guide star.
Upgrading Yepun (UT4) with the "Adaptive Optics Facility" in 2012