Hubblecast 22: Hubble directly observes planet orbiting Fomalhaut
Channel: HubbleWebbESA
Date: 2010-06-23

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  
Presented by: Dr Joe Liske (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