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Back Viewed from afar our Solar System would have a bright dust disc surrounding the Sun similar to the disc surrounding this star

Viewed from afar our Solar System would have a bright dust disc surrounding the Sun similar to the disc surrounding this star


Copyright: Brad Smith (University of Hawaii), Glenn Schneider (University of Arizona), and NASA

This image, taken with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), shows a dust ring around a star called HR 4796A. The image was taken on March 15, 1998
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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