Circumstellar Disk Around Beta Pictoris
An unprecedented detailed close-up view of the inner region of the disk taken with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph shows a warp in the disk. Though this warp was first seen by Hubble in 1995, the new images go closer to the star than ever before to about 1.4 billion miles (15 astronomical units) -- a radius smaller than that of Uranus' orbit. These new details support the presence of one or more planets orbiting the star. The image was taken in September 1997.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
Name: | Beta Pictoris, IRAS 05460-5104 |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
Distance: | 70 light years |
Category: | Exoplanets Miscellaneous Stars |
Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Ultraviolet |
Hubble Space Telescope
STIS |