HD 115600 (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

HD 115600

Caption

This image of HD 115600 shows a bright debris ring viewed nearly edge-on and located just beyond a Pluto-like distance to its star. One or more unseen solar system-like planets are causing the disk center to be offset from the star's position (cross).

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Thayne Currie/NAOJ

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