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<i>HST</i> /NICMOS DETECTION OF HR 8799 b IN 1998

<i>HST</i> /NICMOS DETECTION OF HR 8799 b IN 1998

Three planets have been directly imaged around the young star HR 8799. The planets are 5–13 MJup and orbit the star at projected separations of 24–68 AU. While the initial detection occurred in 2007, two of the planets were recovered in a reanalysis of data obtained in 2004. Here we …