Intersecting Disks Schematic

Hubble Sees Two Dust Disks Around Beta Pictoris

This Hubble Space Telescope view of Beta Pictoris clearly shows a primary dust disk and a much fainter secondary dust disk. The secondary disk extends at least 24 billion miles from the star and is tilted roughly 4 to 5 degrees from the primary disk. The secondary disk is...

Beta Pictoris - Star with Disk - Not Annotated

Beta Pictoris - Star with Disk - Annotated

Intersecting Disks Schematic Without Text

Multi-Band Images of Beta Pictoris

Separate B, V, and I ratio images taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys support the notion that the inner warp surrounding the nearby star Beta Pictoris is a secondary dust disk, distinct from the main outer dust disk and inclined from it by roughly 4 to 5 degrees.