Silhouette disc seen in M 17

Ks-band image of the silhouette disc obtained with the NACO Adaptive Optics camera at the 8.2-m VLT YEPUN telescope at Paranal. White contours delineate the densest part of the disc (inner torus). The visible stars (slightly elongated due to the adaptive optics technique) are embedded within the molecular cloud but are probably unrelated to the disc. The insert shows a deconvolved zoomed version of the central object of about 450 x 240 AU; its major axis is tilted by about 15 degrees against the direction perpendicular to the disc.

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Sobre la imagen

Identificador:eso0416c
Tipo:Observación
Fecha de publicación:12 de Mayo de 2004
Noticias relacionadas:eso0416
Tamaño:800 x 810 px

Sobre el objeto

Nombre:Messier 17
Tipo:Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission
Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Distancia:5500 años luz
Categoría:Nebulae

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Very Large Telescope
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