torrent jocularity: WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Lonely Planet

Wired Space Photo of the Day - Wired Science

Multicolor image from the Pan-STARRS1 telescope of the free-floating planet PSO J318.5-22, in the constellation of Capricornus. The planet is extremely cold and faint, about 100 billion times fainter in optical light than the planet Venus. Most of its energy is emitted at infrared wavelengths. The image is 125 arcseconds on a side.

Image: N. Metcalfe & Pan-STARRS 1 Science Consortium [high-resolution]

Caption: University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy