Young Super-Neptune Offers Clues to the Origin of Close-In Exoplanets
Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) image of the 11 million year old Upper Scorpius Star forming region. The two bright stars are Nu Scorpii (left) and Beta Scorpii (right), both likely members of Upper Scorpius. The cloudy region around Nu Scorpii is a reflection nebula; residual dust from recent star formation as well as interstellar dust is reflecting light from the bright star. A zoom-in inset is shown around the K2-33b, with the planet host circled in red. Large color image constructed from Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) images, inset constructed using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS).
Credit:A. Mann/McDonald Obs/DSS/SDSS
About the Image
Id: | noao1602c |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | June 20, 2016, 11 a.m. |
Related releases: | noao1602 |
Size: | 4405 x 4800 px |
About the Object
Name: | K2-33b |
Category: | Exoplanets |
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