6Adam Block's Latest View of the Universe:
FOmalhaut Debris Disk
RELEASED 2023-05-08
Read the paper: Spatially resolved imaging of the inner Fomalhaut disk using JWST/MIRI
See the Press Release: Nearby planetary system seen in breathtaking detail
See the STSCi Release (and their processing): Webb Looks for Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt and Finds Much More
See the Press Release: Nearby planetary system seen in breathtaking detail
See the STSCi Release (and their processing): Webb Looks for Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt and Finds Much More
This is the debris disk of Fomalhaut with the discovery of asteroid belts and gaps which strongly suggest unseen planets! (click on images for larger versions)
- Optics James Webb Space Telescope
- Camera MIRI (Mid-Inftrared Instrument)
- Filters 25.5 um and 15.5um
- Dates October 2022
- Location Space (Langrange Point 2)
- Exposure 36 Minutes total integration time
- Processing PixInsight, Photoshop (for the composite images below)
- Credit Line and Copyright Adam Block/Andras Gaspar/Steward Observatory/University of Arizona
The image below shows a composite of HST visible wavelength data (Blue), ALMA radio wavelengths (Pink) superimposed on the debris disk in their true positions. This is NOT an "illustration"- this composite comes from 3 different images. See the exploded and annotated versions below.