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Protoplanetary Disk: Simulated Spiral Arm vs. Observational Data
[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...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2015
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2015-40-3651-image
[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)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | MWC 758 |
| Object Description | Young star with protoplanetary disk |
| R.A. Position | 05h 30m 27.53s |
| Dec. Position | 25° 19' 57.08" |
| Constellation | Taurus |
| Distance | 650 light-years (200 parsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The 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). |
| Instrument | ESO/VLT>SPHERE |
| Exposure Dates | December 5, 2014, and March 3, 2015 |
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