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Debris Ring Around Star Fomalhaut (HD 216956)

Stsci_2005-10b_1024

stsci_2005-10b June 22nd, 2005

Credit: NASA, ESA, P. Kalas and J. Graham (University of California, Berkeley) and M. Clampin (NASA/GSFC)

A 2005 Hubble Space Telescope image of Fomalhaut, HD 216956.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2005/news-2005-10

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Fomalhaut • HD 216956
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk

Distance

Universescale1

25 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 22h 57m 39.0s; DEC = -29° 37’ 20.1”
Constellation: Piscis Austrinus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS/HCR)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS/HCR)	Optical (I)	814.0 nm

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ID: 2005-10b
Subject Category: B.3.7.2
Subject Name: Fomalhaut, HD 216956
Credits: NASA, ESA, P. Kalas and J. Graham (University of California, Berkeley) and M. Clampin (NASA/GSFC)

Release Date: 2005-06-22T00:00:00
Lightyears: 25
Redshift: 25
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2005/news-2005-10

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in lightyears

Facility: Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: ACS/HCR, ACS/HCR
Color Assignment

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: V, I
Central Wavelength: 606, 814

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 344.41269272, -29.62223703
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Quality: Position
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Creator (Curator): STScI
URL: http://hubblesite.org
Name: Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email: outreach@stsci.edu

Telephone: 410-338-4444
Address: 3700 San Martin Drive
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: USA
Rights: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p0510b-f-2000x1312.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0510b-f-2000x1312.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2005/10

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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25 light years

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