NICMOS Peers Through Dust to Reveal Young Stellar Disks. A View of Haro 6-5B
This image of the young star Haro 6-5B shows two bright regions separated by a dark lane. As seen in the WFPC2 image of the same object, the bright regions represent starlight reflecting from the upper and lower surfaces of the disk, which is thicker at its edges than its center. However, the infrared view reveals the young star just above the dust lane.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9905f |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 9 February 1999, 19:00 |
| Size: | 256 x 256 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Haro 6-5B |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object • Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk • Stars Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 450 light years |
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 |
