Hubble's First Direct Look at Possible Planet Around Another Star

esahubble_opo9819a May 28th, 1998

Credit: Susan Terebey (Extrasolar Research Corp.), and NASA/ESA

This NASA/ESA Hubble Telescope near-infrared image of newborn binary stars (image center) reveals a long thin nebula pointing toward a faint companion object (bottom left) which could be the first extrasolar planet to be imaged directly.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9819a/

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: IRAS 04361+2547 • TMR 1
Subject - Milky Way: Star

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Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (Near-IR)	2.1 µm
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (Near-IR)	1.6 µm
Hubble (NICMOS)	Infrared (Near-IR)	1.6 µm

ID: opo9819a
Subject Category: B.3
Subject Name: IRAS 04361+2547, TMR 1
Credits: Susan Terebey (Extrasolar Research Corp.), and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1998-05-28T19:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9819a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes: Distance in light years from: iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/119/5/2341/990371.text.html

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: NICMOS, NICMOS, NICMOS
Color Assignment: Orange, Cyan, Blue

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: Near-IR, Near-IR, Near-IR
Central Wavelength: 2050, 1600, 1600

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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: opo9819a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9819a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:51:19+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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