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PDS 70 Hubble Image
Hubble observations pinpoint planet PDS 70b. The glare of the central star was blocked out for the planet to be directly observed. Though over 4,000 exoplanets have been cataloged so far, only about 15 have been directly imaged to date by telescopes. The team’s fresh technique fo...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2021
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2021-021-01f3x9n4z7keq948yc15dyqzvn
Hubble observations pinpoint planet PDS 70b. The glare of the central star was blocked out for the planet to be directly observed. Though over 4,000 exoplanets have been cataloged so far, only about 15 have been directly imaged to date by telescopes. The team’s fresh technique for using Hubble to directly image this planet paves a new route for further exoplanet research, especially during a planet’s formative years.
Credits
Science
NASA, ESA, McDonald Observatory–University of Texas, Yifan Zhou (UT)
Image Processing
Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | PDS 70b |
| Object Description | Extrasolar Planet |
| R.A. Position | 14:08:10.15 |
| Dec. Position | -41:23:52.58 |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Distance | 370 light-years |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposal: (Y. Zhou) |
| Instrument | WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | 07 Feb - 03 Jul 2020 |
| Filters | F336W, F656N |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Several filters were used to sample narrow wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Cyan: F336W Orange: F656N |
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