HOT JUPITER ILLUSTRATION OF WASP-79B

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stsci_2020-18a April 30th, 2020

Credit: NASA, ESA, and L. Hustak (STScI)

This is an artist's illustration of the super-hot exoplanet WASP-79b, located 780 light-years away. The planet orbits precariously close to a star that is much hotter than our Sun. The planet is larger than Jupiter, and its very deep, hazy atmosphere sizzles at 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit – the temperature of molten glass. The Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories measured how starlight is filtered through the planet's atmosphere, allowing for its chemical composition to be analyzed. Hubble has detected the presence of water vapor.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-18

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Artwork
Object Name
Wasp-79b
Subject - Milky Way
Planet > Type > Gas Giant

Distance Details Distance

Universescale1
780 light years

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 4h 25m 29.0s
DEC = -30° 36’ 2.0”
Constellation
Eridanus
Stsci_2020-18a_1280
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ID
2020-18a
Subject Category
B.1.1.2  
Subject Name
Wasp-79b
Credits
NASA, ESA, and L. Hustak (STScI)
Release Date
2020-04-30T00:00:00
Lightyears
780
Redshift
780
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2020/news-2020-18
Type
Artwork
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value
66.3708333, -30.6005556
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
Position
FITS Header
Notes
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-p2018a-f-3840x2160.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p2018a-f-3840x2160.tif
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Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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780 light years

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