esahubble_heic1420d September 24th, 2014
Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
This image, taken with ground-based telescopes, shows the region of sky containing the star HAT-P-11. Not visible here is a Neptune-sized planet named HAT-P-11b, which orbits the star. Astronomers have discovered clear skies and steamy water vapour on the planet. It is the smallest planet ever for which water vapour has been detected.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1420d/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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