The Flying Saucer protoplanetary disc around 2MASS J16281370-2431391
eso_eso1604b February 3rd, 2016
Credit: ESO/NASA/ESA
The young star 2MASS J16281370-2431391 lies in the spectacular Rho Ophiuchi star formation region, about 400 light-years from Earth. It is surrounded by a disc of gas and dust — such discs are called protoplanetary discs as they are the early stages in the creation of planetary systems. This particular disc is seen nearly edge-on, and its appearance in visible light pictures has led to its being nicknamed the Flying Saucer. This close-up infrared view of the Flying Saucer comes from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1604b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1604b
- Subject Category
- B.3.7.2.1
- Subject Name
- 2MASS J16281370-2431391
- Credits
- ESO/NASA/ESA
- Release Date
- 2016-02-03T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1604b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- None, None, None
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- -, H, YJ
- Central Wavelength
- 2050, 1600, 1100
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 247.056144295, -24.5274255286
- Reference Dimension
- 402.0, 383.0
- Reference Pixel
- 201.0, 191.5
- Scale
- -1.38518172222e-05, 1.38518172222e-05
- Rotation
- 46.259999999999984
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org
- Name
- 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
- eso1604b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1604b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-02-22T14:21:03.844918
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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