Wide-field view of HD 189733b and surroundings (DSS2 excerpt, ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic0720b December 11th, 2007

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

A star field image showing the star HD 189733 (centre). The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers a fascinating new insight into the atmosphere of HD 189733b. To the right of the star is the notable planetary nebula Messier 27. The field-of-view is approximately 0.9 x 0.6 degrees.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0720b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HD 189733b Messier 27
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary
Nebula > Type > Planetary
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 20h 0m 43.8s
DEC = 22° 42’ 46.5”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
57.6 x 39.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Vulpecula

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS (None) Infrared (I) -
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
heic0720b
Subject Category
B.3.7.2.1   B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
HD 189733b, Messier 27
Credits
NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
Release Date
2007-12-11T10:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0720b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance to two objects very different.
Facility
DSS, DSS
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
300.182444571, 22.7129258453
Reference Dimension
3393.0, 2301.0
Reference Pixel
1696.5, 1150.5
Scale
-0.000283041142634, 0.000283041142634
Rotation
-0.06
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic0720b
Metadata Date
2007-12-10T09:54:24+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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