Astrophysics (Index)About

RXJ1615

(RXJ1615.3-3255)
(protostar with transition disk showing rings)

RXJ1615 (i.e., RX J1615) is a T-Tauri star (type of pre-main-sequence star) with a protoplanetary disk that is a transitional disk, showing rings. The rings suggest a companion, such as an extra-solar planet, brown dwarf, or additional pre-main-sequence star.


(star,exoplanets,TTS,PMS star)
Further reading:
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=RXJ1615.3-3255
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1640b/
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016A%26A...595A.114D/abstract
https://www.circumstellardisks.org/show.php?id=147&name=RX%20J1615.3-3255
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Protoplanetary_disk_of_RX_J1615_(eso1640b).jpg
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~0156pc509lyRXJ1615
Coordinates:RXJ1615
J161520.2341630672-325505.097631872

Index