Hubble image archive
HD 141569 and HR 4796A
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers their first views of a dust ring around the star HR 4796A and a dark gap dividing an immense dust disk around the star HD 141569. These images may provide important clues to possible planet formation. Credits[Left]: Alycia Wein...
- Date
- Jan 1, 1999
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-1999-03-750-image
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers their first views of a dust ring around the star HR 4796A and a dark gap dividing an immense dust disk around the star HD 141569. These images may provide important clues to possible planet formation.
Credits
[Left]: Alycia Weinberger, Eric Becklin (UCLA), Glenn Schneider (University of Arizona) and NASA;[Right]: Brad Smith (University of Hawaii), Glenn Schneider (University of Arizona), and NASA
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | HD 141569, HR 4796A |
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