HD 141569A (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

HD 141569A

Caption

Arcs, rings and spirals appear in the debris disk around the star HD 141569A. The black region in the center is caused by a mask that blocks direct light from the star. This image incorporates observations made in June and Aug. 2015 using the Hubble Space Telescope's STIS instrument.

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NASA/Hubble/Konishi et al. 2016

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