Beta Pictoris Disk Hides Giant Elliptical Ring System

Esahubble_opo0002b_1024

esahubble_opo0002b January 15th, 2000

Credit: NASA/ESA and Paul Kalas ( Space Telescope Science Institute)

The planetary dust disk around the star Beta Pictoris is dynamically 'ringing like a bell, ' according to astronomers investigating NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images. The 'clapper' is the gravitational wallop of a star that passed near Beta Pictoris some 100, 000 years ago.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0002b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Beta Pictoris IRAS 05460-5104
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical -
Esahubble_opo0002b_1280
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ID
opo0002b
Subject Category
B.3.7.1  
Subject Name
Beta Pictoris, IRAS 05460-5104
Credits
NASA/ESA and Paul Kalas ( Space Telescope Science Institute)
Release Date
2000-01-15T15:20:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0002b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
271.0, 300.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0002b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:15:44+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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