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GQ Lupi b is a possible extrasolar planet orbiting the star GQ Lupi. Its discovery was announced in April 2005. Along with 2M1207b this was one of the first extrasolar planet candidates to be directly imaged. The image was made with the VLT telescope at Paranal Observatory Chile on June 25 2004.GQ Lupi b has a spectral type between M6 and L0 corresponding to a temperature of around 2650 kelvins.

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