Illustration of Hubble’s Observation of Fomalhaut b’s Expanding Dust Cloud
Illustration from the Hubble Space Telescope’s observations of Fomalhaut b’s expanding dust cloud from 2004 to 2013. The cloud was produced in a collision between two large bodies orbiting the bright nearby star Fomalhaut. This is the first time such a catastrophic event around another star has been imaged.
Credit:NASA, ESA, and A. Gáspár and G. Rieke (University of Arizona)
About the Image
| Id: | heic2006b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 20 April 2020, 21:00 |
| Related releases: | heic2006 |
| Size: | 3840 x 2160 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Fomalhaut b |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Distance: | 25 light years |
| Category: | Exoplanets |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical unfiltered | 572 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
STIS |