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Compass and Scale Image of Extrasolar Planet HR 8977b
CreditsIllustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI); Science: NASA, ESA, and D. Lafrenière (University of Toronto, Canada)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2009
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2009-15-2527-image
Credits
Illustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI);Science: NASA, ESA, and D. Lafrenière (University of Toronto, Canada)
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | HR 8799b |
| Object Description | Extrasolar Planet Orbiting Star HR 8799 |
| R.A. Position | 23h 7m 28.71s |
| Dec. Position | 21° 8' 3.3" |
| Constellation | Pegasus |
| Distance | 130 light-years or 39 parsecs away |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The Hubble data is from proposal : E. Becklin (University of California, Los Angeles), D. Kirkpatrick and P. Lowrance (California Institute of Technology), B. Zuckerman (University of California, Los Angeles), G. Schneider and D. McCarthy (University of Arizona), T. Henry (Georgia State University Research Foundation), R. Terrile (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), D. Koerner (University of Pennsylvania), and B. Smith (University of Hawaii). The science team comprises: D. Lafrenière (University of Toronto, Canada), C. Marios (Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, BC), R. Doyon (University of Montreal), and T. Barman (Lowell Observatory). |
| Instrument | HST>NICMOS |
| Exposure Dates | October 30, 1998 |
| Filters | F160W (H band) |
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