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Fomalhaut (debris disk IR excess), Giuseppe Donatiello

Fomalhaut (debris disk IR excess)

Acquisition type: Lucky imaging

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Fomalhaut's dusty disk is believed to be protoplanetary, and emits considerable infrared radiation. Measurements of Fomalhaut's rotation indicate that the disk is located in the star's equatorial plane, as expected from theories of star and planet formation. Diameter: about 40 arcsec.

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Fomalhaut (debris disk IR excess), Giuseppe Donatiello