Hubble Catches a Dusty Moth
These near-infrared images, taken with the Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, show the wing- shaped dust disk surrounding the young, nearby star HD 61005. Astronomers have dubbed the star system "The Moth" because the dust disk resembles the wings of the flying insect.
Credit:
NASA, D. Hines (Space Science Institute, New Mexico Office in Corrales, New Mexico), and G. Schneider (University of Arizona)
About the Image
NASA press release
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| Id: | opo0801a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 10 January 2008, 17:30 |
| Size: | 3000 x 2400 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HD 61005 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk • Stars Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 110 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared J |
1.1 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
