Wide-field view of HD 189733b and surroundings (DSS2 excerpt, ground-based image)
A wide star field image of the region around HD 189733b. The star HD 189733 is located in the centre, just to the left of the planetary nebula Messier 27. The field-of-view is approximately 2.7 x 2.8 degrees.
Credit:NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble
About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | heic0807b |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 19 March 2008, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0807 |
| Size: | 9922 x 10194 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HD 189733b, Messier 27 |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary |
| Constellation: | Vulpecula |
| Category: | Exoplanets |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 20 0 43.31 |
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| Position (Dec): | 22° 42' 19.77" |
| Field of view: | 168.46 x 173.08 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.1° right of vertical |
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