HD 118246

• by Artman40

  http://talk.diskdetective.org/#/subjects/AWI0000uwx

  Here's HD 118246, a Be star. I don't know if stars with that kind of a disk count.

  Posted February 25, 2014 6:33 PM

• by abans scientist, moderator

  They are interesting for sure! But you are right, not the typical planet hosting disk we are looking for. Like you said Be stars often shells of ejected stellar material... still good to know we are finding them

  Posted February 27, 2014 7:43 PM

• by Artman40

  Any predictions on how large portion of good candidates will turn out to be Be star disks?

  Posted February 28, 2014 12:56 AM

• by lrebull scientist, translator, admin

  I don't study Be stars, but my understanding is that they are relatively rare, so finding them is still interesting!

  Posted March 3, 2014 8:20 PM

• by Artman40

  Does material in Be star disks get lost in space, can it form planetary bodies or is it made from material unfit to form planetary bodies?

  Posted March 7, 2014 3:34 PM

• by lrebull scientist, translator, admin

  It depends on whether it was ejected or is still accreting onto the star, and it depends on how much material there is. The Wikipedia article is actually not bad at all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_star

  Posted March 7, 2014 8:22 PM