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Graphics/Videos: Brown Dwarfs May Grow Rocky Planets


Still Images

This artist's impression shows the disk of gas and cosmic dust around a brown dwarf.

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. Kornmesser (ESO)


This artist's impression shows grains of cosmic dust in the disk around the brown dwarf.

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/L. Calcada (ESO)


This image shows the brown dwarf ISO-Oph 102, or Rho-Oph 102, in the Rho Ophiuchi star-forming region. Its position is marked by the crosshairs. This visible-light view was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin


This chart shows the location of the brown dwarf ISO-Oph 102, or Rho-Oph 102, in the constellation of Ophiuchus (The Serpent Bearer).

Credit: ESO, IAU and Sky & Telescope



Videos

First video starts with a broad panorama of the spectacular central regions of the Milky Way seen in visible light. It zooms in to the Rho Ophiuchi star-forming region, to the brown dwarf ISO-Oph 102, or Rho-Oph 102. Then, an artist?s impression shows the disc of material around the brown dwarf, and zooms in to show how tiny grains collide and stick together, to form large grains. (1:18)


Second video starts with an artist?s impression showing the disk of material around a brown dwarf, and then zooms in to show how tiny grains collide and stick together to form large grains. (0:48)


Third video starts with a broad panorama of the spectacular central regions of the Milky Way seen in visible light. It then zooms in to the Rho Ophiuchi star-forming region, to the brown dwarf ISO-Oph 102, or Rho-Oph 102. (0:56)


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