HD141569 circumstellar disk
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) has given astronomers their clearest view yet of the dust disk around a young, 5-million-year-old star. Such disks are expected to be the birthplace of planets. The star, called HD 141569A, lies 320 light-years away in the constellation Libra and appears to be a member of a triple-star system. The image portrays the system if astronomers could view it from above.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | HD 141569A, IRAS 15473-0346 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk |
| Distance: | 300 light years |
| Category: | Miscellaneous Solar System |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical V | 606 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |