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Fomalhaut System

Stsci_2013-01b_1024

stsci_2013-01b January 8th, 2013

Credit: NASA, ESA, and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley)

A 2013 Hubble Space Telescope image of Fomalhaut.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2013/news-2013-01

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Fomalhaut
Subject - Milky Way: Planet > Type > Gas Giant

Position Details

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

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (STIS)	Optical	574.0 nm

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ID: 2013-01b
Subject Category: B.1.1.2
Subject Name: Fomalhaut
Credits: NASA, ESA, and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley)

Release Date: 2013-01-08T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2013/news-2013-01

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: STIS
Color Assignment: Pseudocolor

Band: Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength: 574

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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-p1301b-f-1253x951.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1301b-f-1253x951.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2013/01

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

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