Detail of SWEEPS ACS/WFC Color Composite

ACS/WFC color composite detail of Sagittarius Window Eclipsing Extrasolar Planet Search (SWEEPS). In this field resides star SWEEPS-04, a host star of an extrasolar planet confirmed by radial velocity observations.

About the data

This image was created from HST data from proposal 9750 : K. Sahu, and H. Bond (STScI), T. Brown (High Altitude Observatory, Boulder), S. Casertano and M. Livio (STScI), D. Minniti (Catholic University of Chile), N. Panagia (STScI), A. Renzini (Astronomical Observatory of Padova, Italy), R. Rich (University of California, Los Angeles), and M. Zoccali (Catholic University of Chile). The science team also includes J. Valenti, E. Smith, T. Brown, W. Clarkson, and S. Lubow (STScI), and N. Piskunov (Uppsala University, Sweden).