Large dusty clumps orbiting V960 Mon captured by ALMA

Eso_eso2312d_1024

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

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
V960 Mon
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue ALMA (Band 6) Millimeter (None) 1.3 mm
Spectrum_ir1
Blue
Eso_eso2312d_1280
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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
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
eso2312d
Metadata Date
2023-06-28T11:01:04+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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