Beta Pictoris Edge-On
The disk appears four times thicker in a ground-based image of Beta Pictoris than in a Hubble Space Telescope image due to the limitation of atmospheric seeing.
Credit:
Paul Kalas (University of Hawaii 2.2-m telescope, Mauna Kea)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9538c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 10 October 1995, 05:00 |
| Size: | 79 x 50 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Beta Pictoris, IRAS 05460-5104 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System • Stars Images/Videos • Miscellaneous Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 70 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical R |
700 nm | Other |
