ALMA Image of V883 Orionis (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

ALMA Image of V883 Orionis

Caption

ALMA image of V883 Orionis. The dark ring midway through the disk is the water snowline, the point from the star where the temperature and pressure dip low enough for water ice to form.

Credit

L. Cieza et al.; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)

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