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Protoplanetary Disk Around PDS 70

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The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope caught the first clear image of a forming planet, PDS 70b, around a dwarf star in 2018. The planet stands out as a bright point to the right of the center of the image, which is blacked out by the coronagraph mask used to block the light of the central star.

About the Object

  • R.A. Position
    R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
    14:08:10.16
  • Dec. Position
    Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
    +41:23:52.60
  • Constellation
    ConstellationOne of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
    Centaurus

About the Data

  • Data Description
    Data DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
    Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.

  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    SPHERE
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    2.11 μm, 2.251 μm
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    PDS 70
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Protoplanetary Disk
  • Release Date
    April 29, 2021
  • Science Release
    Hubble Watches How a Giant Planet Grows
  • Credit
    ESO, VLT, André Müller (ESO)

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Last Updated
Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov