Intricate spiral arms around V960 Mon captured with SPHERE

Eso_eso2312c_1024

eso_eso2312c July 25th, 2023

Credit: ESO/Weber et al.

This image of the young star V960 Mon and its surrounding material was taken with the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch (SPHERE) instrument on ESO’s VLT. The material orbiting the young star is assembling together in a series of intricate spiral arms that extend to distances greater than the entire Solar System.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2312c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
V960 Mon
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary
Eso_eso2312c_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 6h 59m 31.6s
DEC = -4° 5’ 27.8”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Monoceros

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange VLT (SPHERE) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Eso_eso2312c_1280
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ID
eso2312c
Subject Category
B.3.7.2.1  
Subject Name
V960 Mon
Credits
ESO/Weber et al.
Release Date
2023-07-25T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2312c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
SPHERE
Color Assignment
Orange
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
H
Central Wavelength
1625
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
104.881633051, -4.09105631245
Reference Dimension
978.0, 978.0
Reference Pixel
489.0, 489.0
Scale
-1.69436453545e-06, 1.69436453545e-06
Rotation
0
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
https://www.eso.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso2312c
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2312c.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2023-06-28T11:01:31+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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