Carbon Dioxide in Gas Giant Planet
stsci_2025-114c March 17th, 2025
Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA and STScI
This graph shows a spectrum of one of the planets in the HR 8799 system, HR 8799 e, which displays the amounts of near-infrared light detected from the planet by Webb at different wavelengths.
The blue and yellow lines are a best-fit model for an atmosphere that would be either low or high in metals heavier than helium, including carbon, also known as metallicity. The Webb data is consistent with a high metallicity planet.
Spectral fingerprints of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide appear in data collected by Webb’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera).
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-114
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
Image Use Policy: http://stsci.edu/copyright/
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- ID
- 2025-114c
- Subject Category
- B.3.7.1 B.3.7.2.3
- Subject Name
- HR 8799
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, CSA and STScI
- Release Date
- 2025-03-17T10:00:00
- Lightyears
- 127
- Redshift
- 127
- Reference Url
- https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2025/news-2025-114
- Type
- Planetary
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance in lightyears
- Facility
- Webb, Webb
- Instrument
- NIRCam, NIRCam
- Color Assignment
- Grayscale, Grayscale
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- 3600, 5000
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 346.87101034888, 21.13416391983
- Reference Dimension
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- Position
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://stsci.edu
- 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://stsci.edu/copyright/
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-J-p25114c-f-3840x2160.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI_PR_2025-114/STSCI-J-p25114c-f-3840x2160.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2025-04-03T14:24:16-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
