Star Pair’s Dusty Disk Shines Light on Planet Formation

International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Star Pair’s Dusty Disk Shines Light on Planet Formation

Left: J-band polarized intensity (P⊥) images. Right: P⊥ scaled by r2, where r is the distance in pixels from the central binary, corrected for projection effects. Both images are shown on a linear scale and oriented north up and east left. The coronagraph is represented by the black filled circles.

About the Image

ID: geminiann15006a
Type: Collage

About the Object

Name: V4046 Sgr

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