Mysterious ripples moving through the disc of AU Microscopii

This short timelapse sequence shows images of the debris disc around the nearby star AU Microscopii in 2010, 2011 and 2014. The two earlier images were from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the final one from the new SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope. Ripple-like dust features in the disc are moving rapidly away from the star.

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ESO, ESA & NASA

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Identification:eso1538c
Date de publication:7 octobre 2015 19:00
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso1538
Durée:10 s
Frame rate:30 fps

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Au Microscopii
Type:Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk
Catégorie:Stars

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