The dusty ring around the aging double star IRAS 08544-4431
The Very Large Telescope Interferometer at ESOòÀÙs Paranal Observatory in Chile has obtained the sharpest view ever of the dusty disc around the close pair of aging stars IRAS 08544-4431. For the first time such discs can be compared to the discs around young stars òÀÔ and they look surprisingly similar. It is even possible that a disc appearing at the end of a staròÀÙs life might also create a second generation of planets.
The inset shows the VLTI reconstructed image, with the brighter central star removed. The background view shows the surroundings of this star in the constellation of Vela (The Sails).
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
About the Image
Id: | eso1608a |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 9 March 2016, 12:00 |
Related releases: | eso1608 |
Size: | 10218 x 7058 px |
About the Object
Name: | IRAS 08544-4431 |
Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk |
Distance: | 4000 light years |
Category: | • Stars |
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