The motions of material in the discs around the young double star HK Tauri
This picture shows the key velocity data taken with ALMA that helped the astronomers determine that the discs in HK Tauri were misaligned. The red areas represent material moving away from Earth and the blue indicates material moving toward us.
Credit:NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
About the Image
| Id: | eso1423e |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 30 July 2014, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1423 |
| Size: | 2400 x 1350 px |
About the Object
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 4 31 50.71 |
| Position (Dec): | 24° 24' 21.96" |
| Field of view: | 0.21 x 0.12 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 92.7° right of vertical |
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