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 |