Bat Shadow (2018 Observation) (IMAGE)

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Bat Shadow (2018 Observation)

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This image shows only the feature which was nicknamed the Bat Shadow. It is the shadow of a protoplanetary disc orbiting the star in the centre of the image.

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NASA, ESA, K. Pontoppidan

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