ALMA and VLT image of comet factory around Oph-IRS 48

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eso_eso1325c June 6th, 2013

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Nienke van der Marel

This image from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) shows the dust trap in the disc that surrounds the system Oph-IRS 48. The dust trap provides a safe haven for tiny particles in the disc, allowing them to clump together and grow to sizes that allow them to survive on their own. The green region shows where the larger particles are located (millimetre-sized) and is the dust trap seen discovered by ALMA. The orange ring shows observations of much finer dust particles (micron-sized) using the VISIR instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1325c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Oph-IRS 48 Ophiuchus
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange VLT (VISIR) Infrared 18.7 µm
Green ALMA (None) Millimeter (Band 9) 450.0 µm
Spectrum_ir1
Orange
Green
Eso_eso1325c_1280
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ID
eso1325c
Subject Category
B.3.7.1  
Subject Name
Oph-IRS 48, Ophiuchus
Credits
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Nienke van der Marel
Release Date
2013-06-06T20:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1325c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Instrument
VISIR, None
Color Assignment
Orange, Green
Band
Infrared, Millimeter
Bandpass
-, Band 9
Central Wavelength
18700, 450000
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1156.0, 901.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1325c
Metadata Date
2024-02-22T14:21:49.312414
Metadata Version
1.1
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