Wide-field view of HD 189733b and surroundings (ground-based image)

A wide star field image of the region around HD 189733b. In the centre is the star HD 189733 and just to the right is the planetary nebula Messier 27. The field-of-view is approximately 2.7 x 2.8 degrees.

Credit:

NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

About the Image

Id:heic0720d
Type:Observation
Release date:11 December 2007, 10:00
Related releases:heic0720
Size:9922 x 10194 px

About the Object

Name:HD 189733b, Messier 27
Type:Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Protoplanetary
Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Planetary
Constellation:Vulpecula
Category:Nebulae
Stars

Image Formats

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Coordinates

Position (RA):20 0 43.31
Position (Dec):22° 42' 19.77"
Field of view:168.46 x 173.08 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.1° right of vertical


Colours & filters

BandTelescope
Optical
B
DSS
Infrared
I
DSS

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