PIA18839: Transmission Spectrum of HAT-P-11b
A plot of the transmission spectrum for exoplanet HAT-P-11b, with data from NASA's Kepler, Hubble and Spitzer observatories combined. The results show a robust detection of water absorption in the Hubble data.
 Mission:  Hubble Space Telescope 
Kepler 
Spitzer Space Telescope 
 Product Size:  1893 x 1125 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Space Telescope Science Institute 
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A plot of the transmission spectrum for exoplanet HAT-P-11b, with data from NASA's Kepler, Hubble and Spitzer observatories combined. The results show a robust detection of water absorption in the Hubble data. Transmission spectra of selected atmospheric models are plotted for comparison.

More information about exoplanets and NASA's planet-finding program is at http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov.

Image Credit:
NASA/ESA/STScI

Image Addition Date:
2014-09-24