Illustrations
Artist’s View of Extrasolar Planet HD 189733b
March 19, 2008 · NASA · Vulpecula
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This illustration depicts the extrasolar planet HD 189733b with its parent star peeking above its top edge. Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to detect methane and water vapor in the Jupiter-size planet's atmosphere. They made the finding by studying how light from the host star filters through the planet's atmosphere.
About the data
HST Proposal: 10855 M. Swain (JPL) and D. Deming (NASA/GSFC).
More Hubble images of HD 189733b
Artist’s View of Extrasolar Planet HD 189733bJuly 11, 2013Exoplanet HD 189733b (Artist’s Illustration)June 28, 2012
Swift Telescope View of Exoplanet HD 189733b’s Host StarJune 28, 2012
Swift X-ray Telescope View of Exoplanet HD 189733b’s Host StarJune 28, 2012Artist’s View of Exoplanet Orbiting the Star HD 189733December 9, 2008
Illustration of Exoplanet Orbiting the Star HD 189733December 9, 2008
Methane Absorption by the Atmosphere of Extrasolar Planet 189733bMarch 19, 2008
Artist's impression of the hazy red sunset on HD 189733bDecember 11, 2007