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HST ACS/HRC Wide View of Fomalhaut b Planet in 2004 and 2006
CreditsNASA, ESA, P. Kalas, J. Graham, E. Chiang, E. Kite (University of California, Berkeley), M. Clampin (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), M. Fitzgerald (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), and K. Stapelfeldt and J. Krist (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2008
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2008-39-2429-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, P. Kalas, J. Graham, E. Chiang, E. Kite (University of California, Berkeley), M. Clampin (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), M. Fitzgerald (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), and K. Stapelfeldt and J. Krist (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Fomalhaut b |
| Object Description | Exoplanet Orbiting Fomalhaut |
| Constellation | Piscis Austrinus |
| Distance | 25 light-years (8 parsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | HST Proposal: P. Kalas and J. Graham (University of California, Berkeley) and M. Clampin (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center); and 10598: P. Kalas, J. Graham, and E. Chiang (University of California, Berkeley), M. Clampin (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), and K. Stapelfeldt and J. Krist (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory). The science team includes: P. Kalas and E. Chiang (University of California, Berkeley), M. Fitzgerald (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), M. Clampin (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), E. Kite (University of California, Berkeley), J. Krist and K. Stapelfeldt (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and J. Graham (University of California, Berkeley). |
| Instrument | HST>ACS/HRC |
| Exposure Dates | October 2004 and July 2006, Exposure Time: 11.4 hours |
| Filters | F435W (B), F606W (V), and F814W (I) |
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