Yes, it is the First Image of an Exoplanet

Among the most essential quests of modern astronomers, taking direct
images of planets outside of our solar system is certainly up there among
chart-toppers. Obtaining such images of a so-called exoplanet would enable
scientists to study in detail the physical nature of the object and,
in particular, to analyse the composition of its atmosphere.

The astronomers’
ultimate goal is of course to perform such analysis for earth-sized
planets, in the hope of detecting a telltale signature of extraterrestrial
life.

Such
an ultimate objective is still at least decades in the future, as
earth-size and even Jupiter-size planets around stars as old as the
Sun are too faint
to be detected by present-day technology.

Nevertheless, great progress can be achieved by taking images of
giant planets orbiting much younger objects. Because giant planets
a few tens of millions
of years old are much hotter and brighter than their older brethren, they
can be
much more easily detected

note: The lower image is the actual photgraph of the exo-planet.  The
other is an artist’s rendering.

from a European Southern Observatory press release