This video clip takes the viewer from a broad view of the entire southern Milky Way into a closeup of the nearby star AU Microscopii, about 32 light-years from Earth. This star is young and surrounded by a dusty disc that features odd wave-like, rapidly moving features that are imperfectly understood.
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Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)
Music: Johan Monell
