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AU Microscopi

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Keck II images of the edge-on dust disk around the star AU Microscopii. The disk shows evidence of planet formation and the image image is about 100 Astronomical Units wide, about the size of our solar system. The black mask blocks out the inner 15 AU in radius and the optical artifacts from the bright central star.

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