AB Aurigae Disk (Ground-Based View)
The image on the left represents the best ground-based coronographic observation of AB Aurigae. Paul Kalas of the Space Telescope Science Institute took the image with the University of Hawaii's 2.2-meter telescope. The telescope's coronograph eclipsed a 33.5-billion-mile (53.6-billion-kilometer) area centered on the star. This area is nine times larger than our solar system. The picture shows that the star resides in a region of dust clouds - the semicircular-shaped material to the left of the star.
Credit:
P. Kalas ( Space Telescope Science Institute)
About the Image
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| Id: | opo9921c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 2 June 1999, 19:30 |
| Size: | 468 x 660 px |
About the Object
| Name: | AB Aurigae, IRAS 04525+3028 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk • Stars Images/Videos • Miscellaneous Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 450 light years |
