Figure 9 from STIS Coronagraphic Imaging of Fomalhaut: Main Belt Structure and the Orbit of Fomalhaut b

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STIS Coronagraphic Imaging of Fomalhaut: Main Belt Structure and the Orbit of Fomalhaut b

Authors: Paul Kalas, James R. Graham, Michael P. Fitzgerald, and Mark Clampin

Kalas et al. 2013 The Astrophysical Journal 775 56.

Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 9.

Cut along the major axis of the belt shown in Figure 8, which is the average pixel value in a 1 arcsec wide segment along the minor axis direction. The inset to the left magnifies the characteristic double peak structure of the belt, where the peaks are bisected and separated by ~3.4 AU.

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