Hubble's Snapshot of Debris Disk Around Young Star - Unannotated

Taken with NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, this image shows light reflected off dust in a debris disk around the young star AU Microscopii.

Credit:

NASA/ESA, J. R. Graham and P. Kalas (University of California, Berkeley), and B. Matthews (Hertzberg Institute of Astrophysics)

Name:	AU Microscopii, GJ 803, HD197481
Type:	Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable : Flare Star Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk
Distance:	30 light years
Category:	Stars

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