PIA19832: Location of Nearest Rocky Exoplanet Known
 Mission:  Spitzer Space Telescope
 Product Size:  2500 x 1325 pixels (w x h)
 Produced By:  IPAC-Caltech
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA19832.tif (9.941 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA19832.jpg (292.6 kB)

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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.

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.

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Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/DSS

Image Addition Date:
2015-07-30