Planet 'seen' around distant sun

Planet 'seen' around distant sun: "Planet 'seen' around distant sun"

European and American scientists say they have photographed a planet outside the Solar System for the first time.

The European Southern Observatory group said the red image is the first direct shot of a planet around another star.

The planet, known as 2M1207b, is about five times the size of Jupiter and is orbiting at a distance nearly twice as far as Neptune is from our Sun.

The parent star and planet are more than 200 light-years away near the southern constellation of Hydra."