Circumstellar Disk Around Beta Pictoris

Esahubble_opo9803c_1024

esahubble_opo9803c January 7th, 1998

Credit: Sally Heap (GSFC/NASA/ESA)

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.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9803c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

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Image Details Image Details

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

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor Hubble (STIS ) Ultraviolet -
Esahubble_opo9803c_1280
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ID
opo9803c
Subject Category
B.3.7.1  
Subject Name
Beta Pictoris, IRAS 05460-5104
Credits
Sally Heap (GSFC/NASA/ESA)
Release Date
1998-01-07T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9803c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
STIS
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Ultraviolet
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
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
opo9803c
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9803c.tif
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Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:50:09+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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