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Sigma Orionis
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- 1Hubble Turns to Sigma Orionis to Study Planet-Forming Disks●What is Hubble observing? Target: -SIG-ORI Target Category: Exoplanets And Exoplanet Formation Research Program: Photoev
The Hubble Space Telescope is currently observing Sigma Orionis, a young multiple star system in the Orion constellation, as part of a research programme on photoevaporating disks. The study uses the WFC3 instrument to probe disks in their final evolutionary phase, shedding light on how radiation from massive stars strips away the material from which planets form.