Water in the HL Tauri disc
Astronomers have found water vapour in a disc around a young star exactly where planets may be forming. In this image, the new observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which ESO is a partner, show the water vapour in shades of blue. Near the centre of the disc, where the young star lives, the environment is hotter and the gas brighter. The red-hued rings are previous ALMA observations showing the distribution of dust around the star.
Credit:ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/S. Facchini et al.
About the Image
| Id: | eso2404a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 29 February 2024, 11:00 |
| Related releases: | eso2404 |
| Size: | 1800 x 1800 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HL Tauri |
| Type: | Early Universe : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Protoplanetary |
| Constellation: | Taurus |
| Category: | Exoplanets
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 4 31 38.37 |
| Position (Dec): | 18° 14' 0.99" |
| Field of view: | 0.03 x 0.03 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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