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Large dusty clumps orbiting V960 Mon captured by ALMA

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eso_eso2312d July 25th, 2023

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Weber et al.

This image of the young star V960 Mon and surrounding dusty material was obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which ESO is a partner. Large dusty clumps with masses similar to that of planets are visible here as blue blobs. These clumps could contract and collapse via a process known as “gravitational instability” to form giant planets roughly the size of Jupiter.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2312d/

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

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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

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	ALMA (Band 6)	Millimeter (None)	1.3 mm

Spectrum_ir1

Blue

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ID: eso2312d
Subject Category: B.3.7.2.1
Subject Name: V960 Mon
Credits: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Weber et al.

Release Date: 2023-07-25T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2312d/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Instrument: Band 6
Color Assignment: Blue

Band: Millimeter
Bandpass: None
Central Wavelength: 1300000

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Dataset ID: None
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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
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: https://www.eso.org
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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: eso2312d

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2312d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2023-06-28T11:01:04+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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