Hubble Space Telescope Directly Observes Exoplanet (Hubblecast in HD Quality)

HD Quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAWMa_YEuKI&fmt=22 Hubblecast 22: Hubble Space Telescope Directly Observes Exoplanet Orbiting Fomalhaut (HD Quality) 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. Credit: - ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen) - Visual design & Editing: Martin Kornmesser - Animations: Martin Kornmesser & Luis Calçada - Web Hosting: Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) - 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 Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre c/o Space Telescope-European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF) Att. Lars Lindberg Christensen, ESO office 011 Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2 DE-85748 Garching bei München Germany http://www.spacetelescope.org/ .

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YouTube | November 24, 2008

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