Gemini Planet Imager first light image of Beta Pictoris b
The Gemini Planet Imager captured this first light image of Beta Pictoris b, a planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. The star, Beta Pictoris, is blocked in this image by a mask so its light doesn't interfere with the light of the planet.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/NRC Canada/Processing by Christian Marois
About the Image
| Id: | geminiann14003a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | May 15, 2014, 4 p.m. |
| Related announcements: | geminiann14003 |
| Size: | 852 x 667 px |
