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Hubble Captures First-Ever Ultraviolet Image of Exoplanet | Astronomy – Sci-News.com
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have imaged a Jupiter-sized, still-forming planet around the orange dwarf star PDS 70.
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have imaged a Jupiter-sized, still-forming planet around the orange dwarf star PDS 70. This is the first time that an exoplanet has been directly imaged in the ultraviolet (UV).
This Hubble image shows the young exoplanet PDS 70b. Image credit: Joseph DePasquale, STScI.
PDS 70 is a K7-type pre-main sequence star located 370 light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus.
Also known as V* V1032 Cen and IRAS 14050-4109, the star is only 5.4…
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