Possible planetary or protoplanetary disc around the star Beta Pictoris

Eso_eso8701a_1024

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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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Beta Pictoris
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale MPG-2.2m (None) Optical -
Eso_eso8701a_1280
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ID
eso8701a
Subject Category
B.3.7.1  
Subject Name
Beta Pictoris
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1987-01-05T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso8701a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Zeutschel Omniscan 11
Email
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
eso8701a
Metadata Date
2009-12-10T20:26:14+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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