HST ACS/HRC wide view of Fomalhaut system

esahubble_heic0821c November 13th, 2008

Credit: NASA, ESA and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

The large disk of gas surrounding Fomalhaut is clearly visible in this image. It is not centred on Fomalhaut quite as predicted, hinting that the gravity of another body perhaps a planet is pulling it out of shape.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0821c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Fomalhaut • Fomalhaut b
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System; Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk

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Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (ACS)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm

ID: heic0821c
Subject Category: B.3.7.1 B.3.7.2
Subject Name: Fomalhaut, Fomalhaut b
Credits: NASA, ESA and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley, USA)

Release Date: 2008-11-13T20:30:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0821c/

Type: Observation
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Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, V, B
Central Wavelength: 814, 606, 435

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Reference Dimension: 2544.0, 1905.0

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic0821c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0821c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2008-11-12T11:51:09+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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