Astronomy Picture of the Day ·
Debris Disks Surround Distant Suns
The Astronomy Picture of the Day for December 10, 2004 is “Debris Disks Surround Distant Suns,” an image. It is credited to Illustration Credit: T. Pyle ( SSC ), JPL-Caltech , NASA ; Inset: HST images. The original explanation runs about 130 words.
From the explanation
“In this dramatic artist’s vision , debris along the outer reaches of a planet forming disk orbits in the glare of a distant sun. But inset are actual images of such disks around two nearby stars – AU Microscopii (top left; edge-on) and HD107146 (right: face-on) – as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.”
— APOD editors, December 10, 2004
Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov
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At a glance
- Date
- December 10, 2004
- Type
- Image
- Credit
- Credit: Illustration Credit: T. Pyle ( SSC ), JPL-Caltech , NASA ; Inset: HST images
- Copyright
- No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
- Explanation length
- About 130 words