Zooming in on PDS 70 System: Host to Planet PDS 70b & Possible Trojan | ESO

Zooming in on PDS 70 System: Host to Planet PDS 70b & Possible Trojan | ESO

This sequence takes the viewer towards the southern constellation of Centaurus. We zoom in on the orange dwarf star PDS 70, which is located about 400 light-years away and has at least two planets orbiting it. The final shot shows the spectacular new image, taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) of the PDS 70 system, where the planet PDS 70b and its Trojan cloud of debris are in the same orbit around the central star.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/L. Calçada/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Balsalobre-Ruza et al.

Duration: 50 seconds

Release Date: July 19, 2023

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