NICMOS Image of HR 8799 Planetary System
stsci_2011-29b October 6th, 2011
Credit: NASA, ESA, and R. Soummer (STScI)
This is an image of the star HR 8799 taken by Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) in 1998. A mask within the camera (coronagraph) blocks most of the light from the star. In addition, software has been used to digitally subtract more starlight. Nevertheless, scattered light from HR 8799 dominates the image, obscuring the faint planets.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2011/news-2011-29
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
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- ID
- 2011-29b
- Subject Category
- B.1 B.3.7.1
- Subject Name
- HR 8799
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, and R. Soummer (STScI)
- Release Date
- 2011-10-06T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 130
- Redshift
- 130
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2011/news-2011-29
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance in lightyears
- Facility
- Hubble
- Instrument
- NICMOS
- Color Assignment
- Pseudocolor
- Band
- Infrared
- Bandpass
- H
- Central Wavelength
- 1600
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- 346.86937500, 21.13435833
- Reference Dimension
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
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- Position
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://hubblesite.org
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- 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-p1129b-f-1032x1032.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1129b-f-1032x1032.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2011/29
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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