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The device they used (the the Advanced Camera for Surveys High Resolution Channel in its coronagraphic mode, for the curious) has two occulting spots that literally block the light from the parent star.

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In contrast, the coronagraphic technique images an exoplanet by blocking the starlight.

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At the same time, there will likely be coronagraphic cameras on extremely large ground-based telescopes.

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In contrast, the coronagraphic technique images an exoplanet by blocking the starlight.

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In contrast, the coronagraphic technique images an exoplanet by blocking the starlight.

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NICMOS could not see the other two planets because its coronagraphic spot -- a device which blots out the glare of the star -- also interferes with observing the two inner planets.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in 2013 will be able to make coronagraphic observations of Fomalhaut in the near - and mid-infrared.

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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, scheduled to launch in 2013 will be able to make coronagraphic observations of Fomalhaut in the near - and mid-infrared.

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The Butterfly Nebula is visible (region circled) as the yellowish glow with dark filamentary structure close to, and mostly below/left, of the central star system (the central star system appears as a dark spot due to the coronagraphic blocking (occulting) disk used to eliminate the star’s bright glare).

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