Dusty disk around HD 34700 A
The dusty disk around HD 34700 A is part of a survey of 44 young massive stars to investigate planet formation in dusty, swirling disks — likely to become new solar systems. The image was taken with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) instrument on the Gemini South telescope of the International Gemini Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/E. Rich (Michigan University)
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2212c |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | June 15, 2022, 10:15 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2212 |
Size: | 1089 x 1089 px |
About the Object
Name: | HD 34700 |
Constellation: | Orion |
Category: | Gemini Observatory |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 5 19 41.42 |
Position (Dec): | 5° 38' 42.80" |
Field of view: | 0.04 x 0.04 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 16.1° right of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Infrared J | 1.229 μm | Gemini South GPI |