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Exoplanets: Seeing is Believing (2 of 9)

Caption: A 3-D representation of the HR 8799 planetary system and the solar system in the Milky Way. An artistic representation of the Sun’s location in the Milky Way is shown in the left panel (Nasa/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC)). A zoomed in version (right panel) with the Sun at the middle along with Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto orbits. HR 8799 is located 90 degrees away from the Milky Way galactic center, lower than the Sun. All orbital diameters are greatly exaggerated here to be visible.

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