Artist’s impression of the disc around the young star T Cha

This artist’s impression shows the disc around the young star T Cha. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope this disc has been found to be in two parts, a narrow ring close to the star and the remainder of the disc material much further out. A companion object, seen in the foreground, has been detected in the gap in the disc that may be either a brown dwarf or a large planet. The inner dust disc is lost in the glare of the star on this picture.

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ESO/L. Calçada

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ID:eso1106a
Typ:Illustration
Veröffentlichungsdatum:24. Februar 2011 12:00
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen:eso1106
Größe:4000 x 3000 px

Über das Objekt

Name:T Cha
Typ:Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Protoplanetary
Entfernung:350 Lichtjahre
Kategorie:Illustrations

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