Gomez Hamburger or IRAS 18059-3211 - an astronomical object located at a distance of about 900 light years from Earth , in the constellation Sagittarius . The object is named after the Chilean astronomer Arthur Gomez, who first observed it in 1985. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Object Structure
Gomez's burger is considered a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk . Initially, when it was discovered, it was believed that it was a planetary nebula , and it is located at a distance of 6500 light years from Earth. However, new observations have shown that this object is a young star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, and is located 900 light-years away.
The photographs in which he was discovered were taken at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. There was a dark streak in the photographs of the object, but its exact structure was difficult to determine. The star itself has a surface temperature of about 10,000 Kelvin .
“Buns” are dust that reflects light, and “burgers” are dark streaks of dust in the middle.
Notes
- ↑ Hubble Heritage . heritage.stsci.edu. Date of appeal April 20, 2017.
- ↑ HAMBURGER GOMESA (Russian) , the journal Science and Life. Date of appeal April 20, 2017.
- ↑ Astronet> Gomesh Hamburger: protoplanetary nebula . www.astronet.ru. Date of appeal April 20, 2017.
- ↑ HubbleSite: Image - Gomez's Hamburger: A Sun-Like Star Near the End of Its Life . hubblesite.org. Date of appeal April 20, 2017.