From: Andrew Johnson
Date: 2008-11-13 22:35:52
Inbox Astronomy – Hubble Directly Observes Planet Orbiting Fomalhaut —–Original Message—–From: owner-astronomy@stsc… [mailto:owner-astronomy@stsc…]On Behalf Of Inbox AstronomySent: 13 November 2008 19:32To: astronomy@stsci.eduSubject: Newscenter Update: Hubble Directly Observes Planet Orbiting Fomalhaut November 13, 2008 Hubble Directly Observes Planet Orbiting Fomalhaut Get larger image formats Find the entire Hubble News archive, image galleries, and much more at hubblesite.org Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet orbiting another star. The images show the planet, named Fomalhaut b, as a tiny point source of light orbiting the nearby, bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Australis. An immense debris disk about 21.5 billion miles across surrounds the star. Fomalhaut b is orbiting 1.8 billion miles inside the disk’s sharp inner edge. See the full release, including: Complete Text More Images Video Fast Facts Related Links And more! This news release and its supporting materials are permanently archived at: hubblesite.org/news/… You are receiving this email because you are subscribed to the Inbox Astronomy mailing list, which sends notices in HTML whenever there is a new Hubble Space Telescope image, product, or news update. If you would like to unsubscribe or change your email preferences, please go to: hubblesite.org/newsc…
