NICMOS Peers Through Dust to Reveal Young Stellar Disks. A View of IRAS 04016+2610
A very young star still deep within the dusty cocoon from which it formed is shown in this image of IRAS 04016+2610. The star is visible as a bright reddish spot at the base of a bowl-shaped nebula about 100 billion miles (about 160 billion kilometres) across at the widest point. The nebula arises from dusty material falling onto a forming circumstellar disk, seen as a partial dark band to the left of the star. The necklace of bright spots above the star is an image artifact.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9905o |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 9 February 1999, 19:00 |
| Size: | 256 x 256 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 04016+2610 |
| 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 |
