Silhouette disc seen in M 17

Ks-band image of the silhouette disc obtained with the NACO Adaptive Optics camera at the 8.2-m VLT YEPUN telescope at Paranal. White contours delineate the densest part of the disc (inner torus). The visible stars (slightly elongated due to the adaptive optics technique) are embedded within the molecular cloud but are probably unrelated to the disc. The insert shows a deconvolved zoomed version of the central object of about 450 x 240 AU; its major axis is tilted by about 15 degrees against the direction perpendicular to the disc.

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ESO

A proposito dell'immagine

Identificazione:eso0416c
Tipo:Osservazione
Data di pubblicazione:12 Maggio 2004
Notizie relative:eso0416
Dimensione:800 x 810 px

A proposito delll'oggetto

Nome:Messier 17
Tipo:Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission
Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Distanza:5500 Anni luce
Categoria:Nebulae

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