Warped Disc around Beta Pictoris
This is a visible light image of the disk, which appears spindle-like because it is tilted nearly edge-on to our view.
The disk is made up of microscopic dust grains of ices and silicate particles, and shines by reflected light from the star.
Credit:
Chris Burrows, Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) the European Space Agency (ESA), J. Krist (STScI), the WFPC2 IDT team, and NASA
About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | opo9602b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 17 January 1996, 14:30 |
| Size: | 570 x 113 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 | Telescope |
| Optical | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
