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The Bat Shadow | Hubble

The Bat Shadow | Hubble

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 center of the image.

Distance: 1,300 light years


Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), K. Pontoppidan

Release Date: June 25, 2020


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