Location of star HD 209458 (ground-based image)
The parent star of HD 209458b is called HD 209458. It is similar to our Sun and lies 150 light-years from Earth. It is visible with binoculars as a seventh magnitude star in the constellation of Pegasus. This is a 1.9 degree three colour composite from the Digitized Sky Survey. The blue plate (B) is shown in blue, the red plate (R) in green and the infrared plate (I) in red.
Credit:European Space Agency, NASA and the Digitized Sky Survey
About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | heic0303c |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 12 March 2003, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0303 |
| Size: | 3380 x 3268 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HD 209458 |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Distance: | 150 light years |
| Constellation: | Pegasus |
| Category: | Exoplanets |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 22 3 11.94 |
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| Position (Dec): | 18° 53' 13.65" |
| Field of view: | 113.71 x 109.68 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.4° left of vertical |
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