Let B1(0) ⊂ RN be the unit ball centred at the origin, N ≥ 3. In this paper, we analyse the profile of the ground state solution of the Hénon equation - Δ u = x αup-1 in B1(0), u = 0 on ∂ B1(0). We prove that for fixed p ∈ (2, 2*), (2* = 2 N/(N - 2)), the maximum point xα of the ground state solution uα satisfies α(1 - xα ) → l ∈ (0,+ ∞) as α → ∞. We also obtain the asymptotic behaviour of uα, which shows that the ground state solution is non-radial. Moreover, we prove the existence of multi-peaked solutions and give their asy...