NASA's Chandra Sees Eclipsing Planet in X-rays for First Time
chandra_545 July 29th, 2013
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Poppenhaeger et al; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
Using Chandra and XMM-Newton, astronomers have detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent star for the first time in X-rays.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/hd189733/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 545
- Subject Category
- B.1.2.2
- Subject Name
- HD 189733
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO/K.Poppenhaeger et al; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
- Release Date
- 2013-07-29
- Lightyears
- 60
- Redshift
- 60
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/hd189733/
- Type
- Collage
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra
- Instrument
- ACIS
- Color Assignment
- Purple
- Band
- X-ray
- Bandpass
- X-ray
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 300.1820845, 22.7102463
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- Reference Pixel
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- Rotation
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- TAN
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- Position
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu
- Name
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
- Telephone
- 617.496.7941
- Address
- 60 Garden St.
- City
- Cambridge
- State/Province
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02138
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
- Publisher
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- Publisher ID
- chandra
- Resource ID
- hd189733.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/hd189733/hd189733.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2013-08-30T16:13:11-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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