Star Pair’s Dusty Disk Shines Light on Planet Formation

Left: J-band polarized intensity (P⊥) images. Right: P⊥ scaled by r2, where r is the distance in pixels from the central binary, corrected for projection effects. Both images are shown on a linear scale and oriented north up and east left. The coronagraph is represented by the black filled circles.

Credit:

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

About the Image

Id:geminiann15006a
Type:Collage
Release date:April 2, 2015, 4:04 p.m.
Related announcements:geminiann15006
Size:500 x 234 px

About the Object

Name:V4046 Sgr
Category:Solar System

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