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NICMOS Peers Through Dust to Reveal Young Stellar Disks


Depicts: CoKu Tau/1, DG Tau B, Haro 6-5B, IRAS 04016+2610, IRAS 04248+2612,IRAS 04302+2247
Copyright: D. Padgett (IPAC/Caltech), W. Brandner (IPAC), K. Stapelfeldt (JPL) and NASA

The following images were taken by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). All of the objects are extremely young stars, 450 light-years away in the constellation Taurus. Most of the nebulae represent small dust particles around the stars, which are seen because they are reflecting starlight. In the color-coding, regions of greatest dust concentration appear red.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
24-Jan-2026 11:44 UT

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