The Protoplanetary Disk around the HD45677 Star (IMAGE)

KU Leuven

The Protoplanetary Disk around the HD45677 Star

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Captured with ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer. The orbit is added for reference. The star serves the same purpose, since its light was filtered out to get a more detailed image of the disk.

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Jacques Kluska et al.

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