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Image of Exoplanet HIP 65426 b in Near and Mid Infrared [1]
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Date: 2023-03
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Editor’s Note: The findings reported here are based on preliminary results that have not been shared formally with the scientific community via peer-reviewed publication.
This image shows the exoplanet HIP 65426 b in different bands of infrared light, as seen from the James Webb Space Telescope: purple shows the NIRCam instrument’s view at 3.00 microns, blue shows the NIRCam instrument’s view at 4.44 microns, yellow shows the MIRI instrument’s view at 11.4 microns, and red shows the MIRI instrument’s view at 15.5 microns. These images look different because of the ways that the different Webb instruments capture light. A set of masks within each instrument, called a coronagraph, blocks out the host star’s light so that the planet can be seen. The small white star in each image marks the location of the host star HIP 65426, which has been subtracted using the coronagraphs and image processing. The bar shapes in the NIRCam images are artifacts of the telescope’s optics, not objects in the scene.
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IMAGE: NASA, ESA, CSA, Alyssa Pagan (STScI)
SCIENCE: Aarynn Carter (UC Santa Cruz), ERS 1386 Team
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