AB Aurigae b Hubble Images Compass
stsci_2022-016c April 4th, 2022
Credit: NASA, ESA and STScI
Researchers were able to directly image newly forming exoplanet AB Aurigae b over a 13-year span using Hubble’s Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) and its Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrograph (NICMOS).
In the top right, Hubble’s NICMOS image captured in 2007 shows AB Aurigae b in a due south position compared to its host star, which is covered by the instrument’s coronagraph. The image captured in 2021 by STIS shows the protoplanet has moved in a counterclockwise motion over time.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2022/news-2022-016
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- ID
- 2022-016c
- Subject Category
- B.1 B.3.7.1
- Subject Name
- AB Aurigae
- Credits
- NASA, ESA and STScI
- Release Date
- 2022-04-04T11:00:00
- Lightyears
- 520
- Redshift
- 520
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2022/news-2022-016
- Type
- Collage
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance in lightyears
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- STIS, NICMOS
- Color Assignment
- Pseudocolor, Pseudocolor
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 73.94102454, 30.55119222
- Reference Dimension
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- 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-p22016c-f-2472x1608.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p22016c-f-2472x1608.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-07T08:49:18-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
