Image Credit:B. Smith (U. Hawaii), A. Weinberger, E. Becklin (UCLA), and G. Schneider (U. Arizona)
Above: the near-infrared discovery image of the disk around HD 141569 first presented
at the January, 1999, conference of the American Astronomical
Society (Schneider et al. 1988, Silverstone et al. 1988)
HD 141569
SAO 56680 HIP 102409
Below: the same disk imaged in 2003 with
HST's premier visible-light imaging camera the Advanced Camera for
Surveys (ACS).
Image Credit:M. Clampin (NASA Goddard)
HD 141569 at 0.5 micron
RA (J2000) = 15 49 57.7489
Dec (J2000) = -03 55 16.360
SpT = B9.5e
V = 7.0 mag d = 99 pc
Proper Motion (mas/yr) =-18.41 -19.25