  We show that {\em ground-based} direct imaging detection of extra-solar
planets is possible with current technology. As an example, we present evidence
for a possible planetary companion to the young T Tauri star
1RXSJ104230.3$-$334014 (=TWA-7), discovered by ROSAT as a member of the nearby
TW Hya association. In an HST NICMOS F160W image, an object is detected that is
more than 9 mag fainter than TWA-7, located $2.445 \pm 0.035^{\prime \prime}$
south-east at a position angle of $142.24 \pm 1.34^{\circ}$. One year later
using the ESO-NTT with the SHARP speckle camera, we obtained H- and K-band
detections of this faint object at a separation of $2.536 \pm 0.077^{\prime
\prime}$ and a position angle of $139.3 \pm 2.1^{\circ}$. Given the known
proper motion of TWA-7, the pair may form a proper motion pair. If the faint
object orbits TWA-7, then its apparent magnitudes of H=$16.42 \pm 0.11$ and
K=$16.34 \pm 0.15$ mag yield absolute magnitudes consistent with a $\sim
10^{6.5}$ yr old $\sim 3$ M$_{\rm jup}$ mass object according to the non-gray
theory by Burrows et al. (1997). At $\sim 55$ pc, the angular separation of
$\sim 2.5^{\prime \prime}$ corresponds to $\sim 138$~AU. However, position
angles and separations are slightly more consistent with a background object
than with a companion.
