Wide-field view of the sky around the star 51 Pegasi
This image shows the sky around the star 51 Pegasi in the northern constellation of Pegasus (The Winged Horse). In 1995 the first exoplanet to be discovered was detected orbiting this star. Twenty years later this object was also the first exoplanet to be be directly detected spectroscopically in visible light. This image was created from photographic material forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
About the Image
| Id: | eso1517c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 22 April 2015, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1517 |
| Size: | 4939 x 5851 px |
About the Object
| Name: | 51 Pegasi b |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Constellation: | Pegasus |
| Category: | Exoplanets Stars |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 22 57 27.66 |
| Position (Dec): | 20° 46' 4.37" |
| Field of view: | 83.00 x 98.32 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.8° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical B | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Infrared I | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |