Hubblecast 22: Hubble directly observes planet orbiting Fomalhaut

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has discovered an extrasolar planet, for the first time using direct visible-light imaging. The strange world is far-flung from its parent star, is surrounded by a colossal belt of gas and dust, and may even have rings more impressive than Saturn's.

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Credit:

ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)

Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser

Animations: Martin Kornmesser & Luis Calçada

Web Technical Support: Lars Holm Nielsen & Raquel Yumi Shida

Written by: Lee Pullen & Lars Lindberg Christensen

Host: Dr. J

Narration: Bob Fosbury

Cinematography: Peter Rixner

Music: movetwo

Footage and photos: A. Fujii, Digitized Sky Survey 2, NASA, ESA, and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley). Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

Directed by: Lars Lindberg Christensen

This video has been released in the public domain by the ESA and all credit is to ESA for the production of this material.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Hubble
• Space
• Telecope
• ESA
• NASA
• Webb
• VLT
• Galaxy
• Universe
• Solar
• Star
• Planet

[iBaudan]

Sorry but I just dont believe what NASA say to us anymore. If we know where that "planet" is, and we can have a picture from the hubble 13.000 billions light years away, then why they dont shows us the real picture of this planet????? They only shows us a image maked by a pc. Or a real pic that are only red dots :S Im sorry for my opinion but I think all the NASA now is a FAIL!!!!!!!!!!

[leanrio]

German accent could be noticed from 3.000.000.000 light years :P