Cool Disk of Planetary Material

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nhsc_nhsc2013-005b January 30th, 2013

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

This artist's concept illustrates the planet-forming disk around a young star called TW Hydrae, located about 175 light-years away in the Hydra, or Sea Serpent, constellation. In 2011, astronomers used the Herschel space observatory to detect copious amounts of cool water vapor, illustrated in blue, emanating from the star's planet-forming disk of dust and gas. The water vapor, which probably comes from icy grains in the disk, is located in the frigid outer regions of the star system, where comets will take shape.

Provider: Herschel Space Observatory

Image Source: https://www.herschel.caltech.edu/image/nhsc2013-005b

Curator: NASA Herschel Science Center, Pasadena, CA, USA

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
TW Hydrae
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary

Distance

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175 light years
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ID
nhsc2013-005b
Subject Category
B.3.7.2.1  
Subject Name
TW Hydrae
Credits
NASA/JPL-Caltech
Release Date
2013-01-30
Lightyears
175
Redshift
175
Reference Url
https://www.herschel.caltech.edu/image/nhsc2013-005b
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
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NASA Herschel Science Center
URL
http://www.herschel.caltech.edu/
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Address
1200 E. California Blvd.
City
Pasadena
State/Province
CA
Postal Code
91125
Country
USA
Rights
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/imagepolicy/
Publisher
NASA Herschel Science Center
Publisher ID
nhsc
Resource ID
Metadata Date
2018-06-21T00:21:52Z
Metadata Version
1.2
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