SPHERE images the dust ring around the star HR 4796A

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eso_eso1417a June 4th, 2014

Credit: ESO/J.-L. Beuzit et al./SPHERE Consortium

This infrared image shows the dust ring around the nearby star HR 4796A in the southern constellation of Centaurus. It was one of the first produced by the SPHERE instrument soon after it was installed on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in May 2014. It shows not only the ring itself with great clarity, but also reveals the power of SPHERE to reduce the glare from the very bright star — the key to finding and studying exoplanets in future.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1417a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HR 4796
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor VLT (SPHERE) Optical -
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ID
eso1417a
Subject Category
B.3.7.2  
Subject Name
HR 4796
Credits
ESO/J.-L. Beuzit et al./SPHERE Consortium
Release Date
2014-06-04T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1417a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
SPHERE
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Optical
Bandpass
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
eso1417a
Metadata Date
2024-02-22T14:21:33.278679
Metadata Version
1.1
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