Disc around the young star HD 163296 (observations+model)

Eso_ann1058b_1024

eso_ann1058b September 9th, 2010

Credit: ESO/S. Renard

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 is a reconstructed image of the VLTI observations using a model of HD 163296 with a central star surrounded by a disc. The comparison of this model with the observed images (image A) allows the astronomers to infer the properties of the inner regions around the young star.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann1058b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, 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
HD 163296
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor VLTI (None) Infrared (K) -
Pseudocolor VLTI (None) Infrared (H) -
Eso_ann1058b_1280
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ID
ann1058b
Subject Category
B.3.7.2  
Subject Name
HD 163296
Credits
ESO/S. Renard
Release Date
2010-09-09T09:30:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann1058b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope Interferometer, Very Large Telescope Interferometer
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor, Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
K, H
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1000.0, 1000.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
ann1058b
Metadata Date
2010-09-03T11:45:13+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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