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Powerful Exoplanet Camera Unveiled

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LA SERENA, Chile, Jan. 9, 2014 — After nearly a decade of development, a powerful exoplanet camera that detects IR radiation to image and analyze planets from other solar systems is now operational. The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), developed by a team of scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), under the supervision of the Gemini Observatory, is now in use on the 8-m Gemini South telescope in La Serena. The first light image of Beta Pictoris b, a planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris, was captured by the new GPI. GPI also obtains a spectrum from every pixel element in the field of view,...Read full article

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    Published: January 2014
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