eso_eso8701a January 5th, 1987
Credit: ESO
This is an image of a possible planetary or protoplanetary disc around the star Beta Pictoris. It is the first visible light image ever taken of a compact disc of solid material located within such close proximity to a star. The disc is estimated to be 80.000 million kilometres across.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso8701a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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