White star with a dust ring

Fomalhaut

Wrapped in a sharp ring of icy dust that JWST photographed in detail.

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Distance: 25.1 light years
Surface: 8,317 °C
Size: 1.8 × the Sun

Outer layers

H 73%
He 25%
O, C, Fe and heavier 2%

Glowing hydrogen plasma

Modelled from typical stellar abundances

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