The First HST images of beta Pictoris
Abstract
Following the first Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission in December 1993, Beta Pictoris became the focus of debris disk observations made with HST. I will provide a historical context by reviewing results from HST imaging and spectroscopy programs in the first 15 years from HST Servicing Mission SM1. In the 15 years from SM1, Beta Pictoris was studied by three generations of HST instruments. I will review the primary results, and place them in context with ground-based observations and modeling of the Beta Pictoris system.
- Publication:
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Thirty years of Beta Pic and Debris Disks Studies
- Pub Date:
- September 2014
- Bibcode:
- 2014tybp.confE..21C