The mysterious object TMR-1C and its protobinaries
Originally suspected to be the first directly detected planet outside our Solar System follow up observations have shown that the object is most likely a background star whose light is has been dimmed and reddened by interstellar dust. Even newer observations have now brought the phantom planet back from oblivion.
It seems that TMR-1C is a protoplanet, located about 1 000 AU from its host stars, which are in the center of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope picture. However the true nature of TMR-1C is still unclear and needs further investigation.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
Name: | IRAS 04361+2547, TMR-1C |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Binary Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
Distance: | 450 light years |
Category: | Exoplanets |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Infrared H | 1.6 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |
Infrared Near-IR | 1.9 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |
Infrared K | 2.05 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |