Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Fomalhaut, HD 216956 |
| Object Description: |
Star with Disk |
| Position of Star: |
R.A. 22h 57m 39s.0465
Dec. -29° 37' 20".050 |
| Constellation: |
Piscis Austrinus |
| Distance: |
25 light-years away (7.7 parsecs) |
| Dimensions: |
The ring is approximately 280AU (42 billion kilometers, 26 billion
miles) in diameter. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposals 9862 and 10390: P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley), M. Clampin (NASA/GSFC), and J.R. Graham (University of California, Berkeley). |
| Instrument: |
ACS/HRC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
May, August, October, 2004 |
| Total Exposure Time: |
3.6 hours |
| Filters: |
F606W (V), F814W (I) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, P. Kalas and J. Graham (University of California, Berkeley) and M. Clampin (NASA/GSFC) |
| Release Date: |
June 22, 2005 |
| Orientation: |
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