First circumstellar disk around a massive star
The TIMMI 10 µm image of the inclined dust disk around a hot O9 star at the G339.88-1.26 radio source. The diameter of the disk is of the order of 5 arcsec, i.e. at the most probable distance to the object (10,000 lightyears) it is 20,000 times larger than the diameter of the Earth's orbit around the Sun.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
Id: | eso9828b |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 24 June 1998 |
Related releases: | eso9828 |
Size: | 1024 x 1024 px |
About the Object
Name: | G339.88-1.26 |
Type: | Milky Way : Star : Spectral Type : O |
Distance: | 10000 light years |
Category: | Stars |
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Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Infrared Mid-IR | 10 μm | ESO 3.6-metre telescope TIMMI |