Discovery of Moon-Forming Disk Around Young Exoplanet
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Discovery of Moon-Forming Disk Around Young Exoplanet
This is very cool! A confirmation of a circumplanetary moon forming disk around a protoplanet! The host star is PDS 70 (V1032 Centauri) which is a very young mag 12.2v T-Tauri star in the constellation Centaurus about 370 LY distant.
Article - https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-confirm ... 1847336913
Paper - https://www.eso.org/public/archives/rel ... o2111a.pdf
SIMBAD - http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-b ... BAD+search
Article - https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-confirm ... 1847336913
Paper - https://www.eso.org/public/archives/rel ... o2111a.pdf
SIMBAD - http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-b ... BAD+search
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Re: Discovery of Moon-Forming Disk Around Young Exoplanet
Scopes: Refs: Orion ST80, SV 80EDA f7, TS 102ED f11 Newts: AWB 130mm, f5, Z12 f5; Cats: VMC110L, Intes MK66,VMC200L f9.75 EPs: KK Fujiyama Orthoscopics, 2x Vixen NPLs (40-6mm) and BCOs, Baader Mark IV zooms, TV Panoptics, Delos, Plossl 32-8mm. Mixed brand Masuyama/Astroplans Binoculars: Nikon Aculon 10x50, Celestron 15x70, Baader Maxbright. Mounts: Star Seeker IV, Vixen Porta II, Celestron CG5
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