PIA19832: Location of Nearest Rocky Exoplanet Known


Location of Nearest Rocky Exoplanet Known

Caption:

This sky map shows the location of the star HD 219134 (circle), host to the nearest confirmed rocky planet found to date outside of our solar system. The star lies just off the "W" shape of the constellation Cassiopeia and can be seen with the naked eye in dark skies. It actually has multiple planets, none of which are habitable.

Background Info:

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Spacecraft operations are based at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Littleton, Colorado. Data are archived at the Infrared Science Archive housed at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at Caltech. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.

For more information about Spitzer, visit http://spitzer.caltech.edu and http://www.nasa.gov/spitzer .

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target HD 219134
System HD 219134
Target Type Exoplanet
Mission Spitzer Space Telescope
Instrument Host Spitzer Space Telescope
Host Type Space Telescope
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords Color, Infrared, Map
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2015-07-30
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/DSS
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19832
Identifier PIA19832