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HD141569 circumstellar disk (HD 141569A , IRAS 15473-0346) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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HD141569 circumstellar disk

January 6, 2003 · ESA/Hubble · HD 141569A , IRAS 15473-0346

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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) has given astronomers their clearest view yet of the dust disk around a young, 5-million-year-old star. Such disks are expected to be the birthplace of planets. The star, called HD 141569A, lies 320 light-years away in the constellation Libra and appears to be a member of a triple-star system. The image portrays the system if astronomers could view it from above.