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Beta Pictoris WFPC2 Image

Beta Pictoris WFPC2 Image
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    Beta Pictoris
  • Release Date
    January 15, 2000
  • Science Release
    Beta Pictoris Disk Hides Giant Elliptical Ring System
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  • Credit
    Science Release Credit: NASA, Paul Kalas (STScI), John Larwood (Queen Mary and Westfield College), Bradford Smith (University of Hawaii), and Alfred Schultz (STScI)

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Beta Pictoris Disk Hides Giant Elliptical Ring System

Beta Pictoris Disk Hides Giant Elliptical Ring System

[Left] – A NASA Hubble Space Telescope false-color, visible-light picture of one side of the edge-on dust disk around the star Beta Pictoris. Knots in the disk (marked A,B,C,D) are interpreted as rings of dust, seen edge-on. [Right] – A still frame from a computer simulation,...

Computer Simulation – Disruption of Beta Pictoris Disk

Computer Simulation – Disruption of Beta Pictoris Disk

These four images are from a computer simulation of a star flying by and disrupting a circumstellar disk of dust around the star Beta Pictoris. Frame (a) shows the encounter setup, where a small M-class star swings within 700 astronomical units (1 AU is the distance between...

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Mar 28, 2025
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