Annotated illustration of Fomalhaut system
This annotated image shows key features of the Fomalhaut system, including the newly discovered planet Fomalhaut b, and the dust ring. Also included are a distance scale and an insert, showing how the planet has moved around its parent star over the course of 21 months. The Fomalhaut system is located approximately 25 light-years from the Earth.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | heic0821e |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 13 November 2008, 20:30 |
| Related releases: | heic0821 |
| Size: | 3000 x 2400 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Fomalhaut, Fomalhaut b |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System • Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk |
| Distance: | 25 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
435 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical V |
606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
