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Direct Imaging of an Extra-Solar Planet – Maybe

This is a direct visible-light image showing a planet-like object orbiting the star
Fomalhaut. It is known as Fomalhault-b.
It orbits its
parent star
Fomalhaut at a
distance of
around 115 AU.
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Conde/Aeronomy & Auroral Physics! section Page: 1

Direct Imaging of an Extra-Solar Planet – Maybe

This is a direct visible-light image showing a planet-like object orbiting the star
Fomalhaut. It is known as Fomalhault-b.
It orbits its
parent star
Fomalhaut at a
distance of
around 115 AU.

Notice also the

dust ring.

However 2020
data shows
Fomalhaut-b is
fading. It may
instead be a
debris cloud
from a
proto-planet
collision.