HR 4796 A
A circumstellar disk around star HR 4796 A selected from the larger sample of 26 disks obtained with the Gemini South telescope in Chile using the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI).
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Esposito (UC Berkeley)
Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2014f |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | June 24, 2020, 6 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2014 |
Size: | 1200 x 1200 px |
About the Object
Name: | HR 4796 A |
Distance: | 250 light years |
Constellation: | Centaurus |
Category: | Exoplanets |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 12 36 1.04 |
Position (Dec): | -39° 52' 10.21" |
Field of view: | 0.04 x 0.04 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 82.9° right of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Infrared H | 1.64 μm | Gemini South GPI |