Flashcards: Circumstellar disks

Beta Pictoris (β Pic, β Pictoris) is the second brightest star in the constellation Pictor.

Fomalhaut, also designated Alpha Piscis Austrini (α Piscis Austrini, abbreviated Alpha PsA, α PsA) is the brightest star in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the sky.

Zeta Doradus (ζ Dor) is a young star system that lies approximately 38 light-years away.

HD 172555 is a white-hot A5V star located relatively close by, 95 light years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Pavo.

AU Microscopii (AU Mic) is a small star located 32.

HD 12039 is a variable star in the constellation of Cetus at a distance of about 133 ly (41 pc).

HD 53143 is a star in the Carina constellation, located about 59.

Cha 110913-773444 (sometimes abbreviated Cha 110913) is an astronomical object surrounded by what appears to be a protoplanetary disk.

Epsilon Sagittarii (ε Sagittarii, abbreviated Epsilon Sgr, ε Sgr), also named Kaus Australis, is a binary star system in the southern zodiac constellation of Sagittarius.

Epsilon Eridani (ε Eridani, abbreviated Epsilon Eri, ε Eri), also named Ran, is a star in the southern constellation of Eridanus, along a declination 9.

HD 107146 is a star in the constellation Coma Berenices that is located about 90 light years from Earth.

Zeta Tucanae (ζ Tuc, ζ Tucanae) is a star in the constellation Tucana.

BD +20°307 is a close binary star system approximately 300 light-years away in the constellation Aries.

HD 98800, also catalogued as TV Crateris (TV Crt), is a quadruple star system approximately 150 light-years away in the constellation of Crater (the cup).

Eta Corvi (Eta Crv, η Corvi, η Crv) is an F-type main-sequence star, the sixth-brightest star in the constellation of Corvus.

Tau Ceti (τ Cet, τ Ceti) is a star in the constellation Cetus that is spectrally similar to the Sun, although it has only about 78% of the Sun's mass.

HD 15115 is a star in the constellation Cetus.

Zeta Leporis (ζ Lep, ζ Leporis) is a star approximately 70.

HN Pegasus is the variable star designation for a young, Sun-like star in the northern constellation of Pegasus.

Beta Trianguli Australis (β TrA, β Trianguli Australis) is a double star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Triangulum Australe.

The nebular hypothesis is the most widely accepted model in the field of cosmogony to explain the formation and evolution of the Solar System.

Vega, also designated Alpha Lyrae (α Lyrae, abbreviated Alpha Lyr, α Lyr), is the brightest star in the constellation of Lyra, the fifth-brightest star in the night sky and the second-brightest star in the northern celestial hemisphere, after Arcturus.

Iota Draconis (ι Draconis, abbreviated Iota Dra, ι Dra), also named Edasich, is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco.

Pi1 Ursae Majoris (Pi1 UMa, π¹ Ursae Majoris, π¹ UMa) is a yellow G-type main sequence dwarf with a mean apparent magnitude of +5.

HD 97048 or CU Chamaeleontis is a star in the constellation Chamaeleon.

HD 113766 is a binary star system located 424 ly from Earth in the direction of the constellation Centaurus.

Circumstellar dust is astronomical dust around a star.

Nu Horologii (ν Horologii, ν Hor) is the Bayer designation for a single star in the southern constellation of Horologium.

HD 219623 is the Henry Draper Catalogue designation for a solitary star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cassiopeia.

55 Cancri (/ˈkæŋkraɪ/ or /ˈkæŋkriː/) (abbreviated 55 Cnc) is a binary star approximately 41 light-years away from the Sun in the constellation of Cancer.

Exozodiacal dust is 1-100 micrometre-sized grains of amorphous carbon and silicate dust that fill the plane of extrasolar planetary systems.

HD 141569 is a blue-white dwarf star approximately 320 light-years away in the constellation of Libra.

Rho Puppis (ρ Puppis, abbreviated Rho Pup, ρ Pup), also named Tureis, is a star in the southern constellation of Puppis.

Psi5 Aurigae (ψ5 Aur, ψ5 Aurigae) is the Bayer designation for a star in the northern constellation of Auriga.

HD 115600 is a star in the constellation Centaurus and a member of the Scorpius–Centaurus Association, the nearest OB association to the Sun and the host star of a bright Kuiper belt-like debris ring.

Gomez's Hamburger is believed to be a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk.

99 Herculis is the Flamsteed designation for a binary star system in the northern constellation of Hercules.

51 Ophiuchi (51 Oph) is a star located approximately 410 light years away in the constellation Ophiuchus, northwest of the center of the Milky Way.

This is a list of stars with proplyds (protoplanetary discs) and includes whether they have gaps or planets.

GD 362 is a white dwarf approximately 150 light years from Earth.

10 Canum Venaticorum is the Flamsteed designation for an ordinary star in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici.