A NEWBORN STAR OFFERS VIEW TO OUR PAST

IMAGES OF THE DUST DISK AROUND STAR HD 100546

 

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VERY LARGE 22.3 MEG TIFF IMAGE

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VERY LARGE 22.2 MEG TIFF IMAGE

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THE RESEARCH TEAM:

C.A. Grady (National Optical Astronomy Observatories (NOAO), GSFC), E. Polomski (University of Florida, University of Minnesota), T. Henning (Astrophysical Institute and University Observatory, Jena, Germany), B. Stecklum (Thuringer Landesswarte Tautenburg, Tautenburg, Germany), B. Woodgate (NASA's GSFC), C. Telesco, R. Pina (University of Florida), P. Plait (Advanced Computer Concepts, GSFC), T. Gull (NASA's GSFC), A. Boggess (Catholic University of America), C. Bowers (NASA's GSFC), F.C. Bruhweiler (Catholic University of America), M. Clampin (Space Telescope Science Institute), A. Danks (Raytheon Polar Services Company, GSFC), R.F. Green (NOAO), S.R. Heap (NASA's GSFC), J.B. Hutchings (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory,National Research Council of Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada), E. Jenkins (Princeton University Observatory), M.E. Kaiser (Johns Hopkins University), R.A. Kimble (NASA's GSFC), S. Kraemer (Catholic University of America), D. Lindler (Advanced Computer Concepts, GSFC), J.L. Linsky (JILA, University of Colorado), S.P. Maran (NASA's GSFC), H.W. Moos (Johns Hopkins University), F. Roesler (University of Wisconsin), J.G. Timothy (Nightsen, Inc.), and D. Weistrop (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) and NASA.

The Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO) is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation as part of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ. The National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) in Tucson, AZ, is operated for the National Science Foundation by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), Inc. This study is based on observations collected at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile, under proposal-ID 63.I-0196.