Target Region for Panetary Host Star OGLE-2003-BLG-235L/MOA-2003-BLG-53L

This is a Hubble Space Telescope ACS/HRC B, V, I composite view of a small region of our galaxy where the host star to a gravitationally lensed planet, OGLE-2003-BLG-235/MOA-2003-BLG-53, is located.

About the colours

This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using several different filters. Three filters sample broad wavelength ranges, one isolates the light of hydrogen. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: F435W (B) Green: F555W (V) Red: F814W (I)

About the data

This image was created from HST data from proposals 10426 I. Bond (Massey University), D. Bennett (University of Notre Dame), M. Jaroszynski (Warsaw University), B. Paczynski (Princeton University), N. Rattenbury (University of Manchester), A. Udalski (Warsaw University), and P. Yock (University of Auckland).

The science team comprises: D. Bennett (University of Notre Dame), J. Anderson (Rice University), I. Bond (Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand), A. Udalski (Warsaw University Observatory), and A. Gould (Ohio State University)