Illustration V883 Orionis (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Illustration V883 Orionis

Caption

This illustration shows how the outburst of the young star V883 Orionis has displaced the water snowline much further out from the star, and rendered it detectable with ALMA.

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ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/L. Cieza

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