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Planetary system around AU Microscopii. Artwork

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-exo99-40020

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 22 cm

AU Microscopii is a red dwarf located 33 light-years away known to have a circumstellar dust disk. The star is shown here in the sky of an exoplanet.

Keywords for this photo:

ASTRONOMY - Au MocroscopII - DISK - DUST - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - FORMATION - ILLUSTRATION - MICROSCOPIUM - PLANET - PROTOPLANETARY DISK - RED DWARF - SATELLITE - STAR - WATER -