Exoplanets
Software-processed NICMOS image of HR 8799 planetary system
October 10, 2011 · ESA/Hubble · Pegasus
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Recent, sophisticated software processing of the NICMOS data removes most of the scattered starlight to reveal three planets orbiting HR 8799. Astronomers used this decade-old image to calculate the orbits of the planets.
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