Beta Pictoris Edge-On
The disk appears four times thicker in a ground-based image of Beta Pictoris than in a Hubble Space Telescope image due to the limitation of atmospheric seeing.
Credit:Paul Kalas (University of Hawaii 2.2-m telescope, Mauna Kea)
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | Beta Pictoris, IRAS 05460-5104 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Distance: | 70 light years |
| Category: | Exoplanets Miscellaneous Stars |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical R | 700 nm | Other |