Disc around the young star HD 163296 (observations)

New research carried out using ESO telescopes has, for the first time, allowed astronomers to reconstruct a detailed picture of the disc of matter around a young star. Stéphanie Renard of the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Grenoble and colleagues used the ESO VLT Interferometer to probe the secrets of the inner part of the disc around the star HD 163296. This image shows the reconstruction of images in two parts of the near-infrared spectrum (H and K). The green ellipse traces the location of the newly discovered ring inside which the dust was found. The white ellipse represents the orbit of the Earth around the Sun placed in this system in order to show the scale of the picture and the extraordinarily fine details that are revealed in this image.

Crédit:

ESO/S. Renard

À propos de l'image

Identification:ann1058a
Type:Observation
Date de publication:9 septembre 2010 09:30
Annonces en rapport:ann1058
Taille:1000 x 1000 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:HD 163296
Type:Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk
Catégorie:Stars

Image Formats

Grand JPEG
73,8 Kio

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineLongueur d'ondeTélescope
Infrarouge
H
1.65 μmVery Large Telescope Interferometer
AMBER
Infrarouge
K
2.3 μmVery Large Telescope Interferometer
AMBER