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About the Object Object Name: HD 189733b
Object Type: Transiting Exoplanet
Position (J2000): RA: 20 00 43 Dec: +22 42 39
Distance: 63 light-years
Constellation: Vulpecula
About the Data Image Credit: ESA, NASA/ JPL-Caltech/G. Tinetti (Institute d'Astrophysique de Paris, University College London)
Instrument: Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)
Wavelength: 3.6 and 5.8 microns (Data at 8 microns taken on November 2, 2006, published by Knutson et al., 2007, Nature 447, 183 are also used in the analysis.)
Exposure Date: October 31, 2006
Exposure Time: 4.5 hours
Release Date: 2007/07/11
Observers Giovanna Tinetti (European Space Agency, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, University College London)
Alfred Vidal-Madjar (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)
Mao-Chang Liang (California Institute of Technology & Research Center for Environmental Changes)
Jean-Philippe Beaulieu (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)
Yuk Yung (Research Center for Environmental Changes)
Sean Carey (Spitzer Science Center)
Robert J. Barber (University College London)
Jonathan Tennyson (University College London)
Ignasi Ribas (Institut de Ciències de l'Espai - CSIC-IEEC)
Nicole Allard (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris)
Gilda E. Ballester (University of Arizona)
David K. Sing (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris & Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales)
Franck Selsis (Ecole Normale Supérieure)

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