A Cosmic Pretzel

Eso_eso1916a_1024

eso_eso1916a October 4th, 2019

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Alves et al.

The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) captured this unprecedented image of two circumstellar disks, in which baby stars are growing, feeding with material from their surrounding birth disk. The complex network of dust structures distributed in spiral shapes remind of the loops of a pretzel. These observations shed new light on the earliest phases of the lives of stars and help astronomers determine the conditions in which binary stars are born.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1916a/

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 Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
[BHB2007] 11
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Eso_eso1916a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 11m 23.1s
DEC = -27° 24’ 32.9”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
0.0 x 0.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Ophiuchus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange ALMA (Band 6) Millimeter (H2CO) 1.3 mm
Spectrum_ir1
Orange
Eso_eso1916a_1280
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ID
eso1916a
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
[BHB2007] 11
Credits
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Alves et al.
Release Date
2019-10-04T10:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1916a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Instrument
Band 6
Color Assignment
Orange
Band
Millimeter
Bandpass
H2CO
Central Wavelength
1300000
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
257.846291088, -27.4091322319
Reference Dimension
1881.0, 1371.0
Reference Pixel
940.0, 685.0
Scale
-2.82182762597e-07, 2.82182762597e-07
Rotation
-0
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
https://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
eso1916a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1916a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2024-02-22T14:19:37.931247
Metadata Version
1.1
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