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NICMOS Peers Through Dust to Reveal Young Stellar Disks. A View of IRAS 04016+2610


Depicts: IRAS 04016+2610
Copyright: D. Padgett (IPAC/Caltech), W. Brandner (IPAC), K. Stapelfeldt (JPL) and NASA

A very young star still deep within the dusty cocoon from which it formed is shown in this image of IRAS 04016+2610. The star is visible as a bright reddish spot at the base of a bowl-shaped nebula about 100 billion miles across at the widest point. The nebula arises from dusty material falling onto a forming circumstellar disk, seen as a partial dark band to the left of the star. The necklace of bright spots above the star is an image artifact.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
19-Apr-2026 08:59 UT

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