Region of the Sky Around HD 106906b
Pictured here is the region surrounding the exoplanet HD106906b. Located nearly 336 light-years from Earth, this 11-Jupiter-mass planet occupies an unlikely orbit around a double star 336 light-years away and may be offering clues to something that might be much closer to home: a hypothesized distant member of our Solar System dubbed “Planet Nine.”
This view was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
About the Image
| Id: | heic2021c |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 10 December 2020, 17:00 |
| Related releases: | heic2021 |
| Size: | 8717 x 7855 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HD 106906 b |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Distance: | 350 light years |
| Constellation: | Crux |
| Category: | Exoplanets |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 12 17 53.42 |
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| Position (Dec): | -55° 58' 34.09" |
| Field of view: | 146.50 x 132.01 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 2.1° left of vertical |
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