eso_potw2622b June 1st, 2026
Credit: ESO/A. Boccaletti et al.
This image, taken with the SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) shows a disc of material around the young star AB Aurigae, where planets might be forming. Similar observations taken over the course of four years show the disc rotating around the star. The image to the right has been processed to highlight certain features of the disc, such as spiral arms and radial shadows cast by dense clumps of material. The shadows are indicated here with arrows. Links Research paper in Astronomy & Astrophysics Video showing the rotation of the disc Clean version of this image without arrows
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2622b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany
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