Disc around the star HD 135344B
eso_eso1640d November 9th, 2016
Credit: ESO, T. Stolker et al.
Using ESO’s SPHERE instrument at the Very Large Telescope, a team of astronomers observed the planetary disc surrounding the star HD 135344B, about 450 light-years away. The disc shows prominent spiral-arm-like structures. These are thought to have been created by one or multiple massive protoplanets, destined to become Jupiter-like worlds. The central part of the image appears dark because SPHERE blocks out the light from the brilliant central star to reveal the much fainter structures surrounding it.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1640d/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1640d
- Subject Category
- B.3.7.2.1
- Subject Name
- HD135344B
- Credits
- ESO, T. Stolker et al.
- Release Date
- 2016-11-09T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1640d/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Very Large Telescope
- Instrument
- SPHERE
- Color Assignment
- Red
- Band
- Infrared
- Bandpass
- J
- Central Wavelength
- 1213
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 228.95183083, -37.1544492888
- Reference Dimension
- 1020.0, 1020.0
- Reference Pixel
- 510.0, 510.0
- Scale
- -3.83610229262e-07, 3.83610229262e-07
- Rotation
- -0
- 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
- eso1640d
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1640d.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2024-02-22T14:20:32.968330
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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