Wide-field view of the Summer Triangle (ground-based image)
A wide field image of the region of sky in which HD 189733b is located. In this image we can see the asterism of the "Summer Triangle" a giant triangle in the sky composed of the three bright stars Vega (top left), Altair (lower middle) and Deneb (far left). HD 189733b is orbiting a star very close to the centre of the triangle.
Credit:
A. Fujii
About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | heic0807c |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 19 March 2008, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0807 |
| Size: | 4863 x 3353 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HD 189733b |
| Type: | • Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Milky Way • Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Distance: | 65 light years |
