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Back Bat Shadow (2018 observation)

Bat Shadow (2018 observation)


Date: 25 June 2020
Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Depicts: HBC 672
Copyright: NASA, ESA, K. Pontoppidan, CC BY 4.0

This image shows only the feature which was nicknamed the Bat Shadow. It is the shadow of a protoplanetary disc orbiting the star in the centre of the image.

 
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Last Update: 26 June 2020
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