NICMOS Peers Through Dust to Reveal Young Stellar Disks
The following images were taken by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). All of the objects are extremely young stars, 450 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. Most of the nebulae represent small dust particles around the stars, which are seen because they are reflecting starlight. In the color-coding, regions of greatest dust concentration appear red.
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About the Object
| Name: | CoKu Tau 1, DG Tau B, Haro 6-5B, IRAS 04016+2610, IRAS 04248+2612, IRAS 04302+2247 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object • Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk • Stars Images/Videos |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared J |
1.1 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
| Infrared H |
1.6 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
| Infrared K |
2.05 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
