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- PDS 70, my beloved.
For those who don't know, only PDS 70b and c are the exoplanets directly imaged which are still embedded inside thier nascent protoplanetary disk. For most other planets, the disk gas has mostly been cleared/dissipated/accreted.
For those who are more interested you can refer to the detection papers for both:
PDS 70b: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/pdf/2018/09/aa32957-18.pdf
PDS 70c: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-019-0780-5
Arxiv link for Nature paywall (PDS 70c): https://arxiv.org/abs/1906.01486
by kmaitreys - Fun. But I don't have a telescope to try those coordinates. This would be so much more interesting with just a one pager about what you are doing and maybe a pointer to public telescopes you could point. Also, whether a typical non-pro telescope could image one of these.
There's a million of us interested non-pro nerds with smart telescopes, help us understand what is in our technical imaging capabilities. So add a dropdown to filter on imaging power? My sad guess is we can't help see these possible planets, help us understand.