HK Tauri/c model comparison
Data [Left]: HST/WFPC2 image of HK Tauri/c, a young star with an edge-on disk of dust and gas. Light from the hidden star illuminates the dark disk at its upper and lower surfaces. The disk diameter is 210 AU.
Model [Right]: Computer simulation of an edge-on dusty disk which has been optimized to match the HST image of HK Tau/c. The model disk has a mass 1/10th that of Jupiter, and thickness less than 10% of its radius.
Credit:
Karl Stapelfeldt (JPL) and colleagues
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9905r |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 9 February 1999, 19:00 |
| Size: | 945 x 444 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HK Tau C |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object • Stars Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 450 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical R |
675 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
