Star Tau Boötis: Wide-field View | ESO
This image of the sky around star Tau Boötis was created from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 images. The star itself, which is bright enough to be seen with the unaided eye, is at the center. The spikes and colored circles around it are artifacts of the telescope and photographic plate used and are not real.
Distance: about 51 light-years away
The exoplanet Tau Boötis b orbits very close to the star and is completely invisible in this picture. The planet has only just been detected directly from its own light using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT).
Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date: June 27, 2012
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