Software-processed NICMOS image of HR 8799 planetary system

Esahubble_opo1129c_1024

esahubble_opo1129c October 10th, 2011

Credit: NASA, ESA, and R. Soummer (STScI)

Recent, sophisticated software processing of the NICMOS data removes most of the scattered starlight to reveal three planets orbiting HR 8799. Astronomers used this decade-old image to calculate the orbits of the planets.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1129c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HR 8799
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System
Esahubble_opo1129c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 23h 7m 28.7s
DEC = 21° 8’ 3.7”
Orientation
North is 57.8° CCW
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Pegasus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Luminosity Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_base
Luminosity
Esahubble_opo1129c_1280
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ID
opo1129c
Subject Category
B.3.7.1  
Subject Name
HR 8799
Credits
NASA, ESA, and R. Soummer (STScI)
Release Date
2011-10-10T15:25:02
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1129c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
NICMOS
Color Assignment
Luminosity
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
H
Central Wavelength
1600
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
346.869648739, 21.1343522044
Reference Dimension
1032.0, 1032.0
Reference Pixel
516.0, 516.0
Scale
-8.29366198012e-07, 8.29366198012e-07
Rotation
57.840000000000011
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Position
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo1129c
Metadata Date
2011-09-21T12:04:10-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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