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Developing Star AB Aurigae, Viewed With a Coronograph

Developing Star AB Aurigae, Viewed With a Coronograph
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    AB Aurigae
  • Release Date
    June 2, 1999
  • Science Release
    Hubble Picture Adds to Planet-Making Recipe
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  • Credit
    Credit: C.A. Grady (National Optical Astronomy Observatories, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), B. Woodgate (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), F. Bruhweiler and A. Boggess (Catholic University of America), P. Plait and D. Lindler (ACC, Inc., Goddard Space Flight Center), M. Clampin (Space Telescope Science Institute), and NASA.

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Hubble Picture Adds to Planet-Making Recipe

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a nearly face-on view of a swirling disk of dust and gas surrounding a developing star called AB Aurigae. The Hubble telescope image, taken in visible light by the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph, shows unprecedented detail in the...

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Mar 28, 2025
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