Last updated on December 10, 2013 at 8:11 EST  Rare Glimpse Of
Planet With Its Host Star  November 19, 2012 Image Caption:
False color, near infrared (wavelength 3.8 micrometers) image of
the κ And ("Kappa Andromedae") system, generated from data
collected in July 2012 with the Subaru Telescope in Hawai'i.
Image credit: NAOJ / Subaru / J. Carson (College of Charleston)
/ T. Currie (University Toronto)  Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com –
Your Universe Online  A rare glimpse of a “Super Jupiter” has
been caught while the planet was circling around its host star
with a mass 2.5 times that of our Sun.  Astronomers, led by
Joseph Carson (College of Charleston and Max Planck Institute
for Astronomy) and using the Subaru Telescope, were able to
capture an image of the planet around the massive star K
Andromedae.  Only a few exoplanets have ever been captured in
actual astronomical images, because the majority of the nearly
850 discovered are hidden behind the glare of its host star.
The research team used advanced tech