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Disco protoplanetario: brazo espiral simulado frente a datos de observación

[Right] – Observations taken by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope show a protoplanetary disk around the young star MWC 758. The disk has two spiral arms that extend over 10 billion miles from the star.[Left] – A computer model reproduces the two-spiral-arm...

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Jan 1, 2015
Misión
Hubble Space Telescope
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[Right] – Observations taken by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope show a protoplanetary disk around the young star MWC 758. The disk has two spiral arms that extend over 10 billion miles from the star.

[Left] – A computer model reproduces the two-spiral-arm structure; the "x" is the location of a putative planet. The planet, which cannot be seen directly, probably excites the two spiral arms.

Credits

NASA, ESA, ESO, M. Benisty et al. (University of Grenoble), R. Dong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and Z. Zhu (Princeton University)

Detalles de la imagen

About The Object
Object NameMWC 758
Object DescriptionYoung star with protoplanetary disk
R.A. Position05h 30m 27.53s
Dec. Position25° 19' 57.08"
ConstellationTaurus
Distance650 light-years (200 parsecs)
About The Data
Data DescriptionThe science team comprises R. Dong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and Z. Zhu, R. Rafikov, and J. Stone (Princeton University). The VLT image of MWC 758 is credited to NASA, ESA, ESO, M. Benisty et al. (University of Grenoble), R. Dong (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), and Z. Zhu (Princeton University).
InstrumentESO/VLT>SPHERE
Exposure DatesDecember 5, 2014, and March 3, 2015

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