DSS image of Fomalhaut (ground-based image)
This image shows Fomalhaut, the star around which the newly discovered planet orbits. Fomalhaut is much hotter than our Sun, 15 times as bright, and lies 25 light-years from Earth. It is blazing through hydrogen at such a furious rate that it will burn out in only one billion years, 10% the lifespan of our star. The field of view is 2.7 x 2.9 degrees.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | heic0821f |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 13 November 2008, 20:30 |
| Related releases: | heic0821 |
| Size: | 9563 x 10277 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Fomalhaut |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star • Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Distance: | 25 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
DSS |
| Optical R |
DSS |
