This shows both the inner and outer ring, that gap between the 2 is where the three moons of Alnitak orbit.
Here is the inner ring, the Pristine Metallic one.
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Alnitak is home to a goliath pristine metallic ring around the dwarf Y star Alnitak 8, over 1,000,000 km between inner and outer radius. The outer ring is even bigger (but metal rich rather than pristine metallic). Here are some screen shots of this beautiful ring and the beautiful Y star that it adorns.
and some short videos as well:
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