Picture Album: Thin Disk Around the Star Beta Pictoris

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Top Credit: Al Schultz (CSC/STScI) and NASA

Bottom Credit: Paul Kalas (University of Hawaii 2.2-m telescope, Mauna Kea)

HST imaging team: Al Schultz, Helen Hart (Computer Sciences Corporation), Kent Reinhard (Doane College, NE), Fred Bruhweiler, Mike DiSanti (Catholic University of America), Glenn Schneider (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona), and NASA.

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