SPHERE images a zoo of dusty discs around young stars
New images from the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope are revealing the dusty discs surrounding nearby young stars in greater detail than previously achieved. They show a bizarre variety of shapes, sizes and structures, including the likely effects of planets still in the process of forming.
Credit:ESO/H. Avenhaus et al./E. Sissa et al./DARTT-S and SHINE collaborations
About the Image
| Id: | eso1811a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 11 April 2018, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1811 |
| Size: | 1844 x 1845 px |
About the Object
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk |
| Category: | Stars |
Wallpapers
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Infrared H2H3 | 1.667 μm | Very Large Telescope SPHERE |
| Infrared H2H3 | 1.593 μm | Very Large Telescope SPHERE |
| Infrared H | 1.625 μm | Very Large Telescope SPHERE |