Large dusty clumps orbiting V960 Mon captured by ALMA
eso_eso2312d July 25th, 2023
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Weber et al.
This image of the young star V960 Mon and surrounding dusty material was obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which ESO is a partner. Large dusty clumps with masses similar to that of planets are visible here as blue blobs. These clumps could contract and collapse via a process known as “gravitational instability” to form giant planets roughly the size of Jupiter.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2312d/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- ID
- eso2312d
- Subject Category
- B.3.7.2.1
- Subject Name
- V960 Mon
- Credits
- ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Weber et al.
- Release Date
- 2023-07-25T15:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2312d/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
- Instrument
- Band 6
- Color Assignment
- Blue
- Band
- Millimeter
- Bandpass
- None
- Central Wavelength
- 1300000
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- 978.0, 978.0
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- https://www.eso.org
- Name
- 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
- eso2312d
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2312d.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2023-06-28T11:01:04+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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