A plume on Betelgeuse (artist’s impression)

This artist’s impression shows the supergiant star Betelgeuse as it was revealed thanks to different state-of-the-art techniques on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), which allowed two independent teams of astronomers to obtain the sharpest ever views of the supergiant star Betelgeuse. They show that the star has a vast plume of gas almost as large as our Solar System and a gigantic bubble boiling on its surface. These discoveries provide important clues to help explain how these mammoths shed material at such a tremendous rate.

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ESO/L. Calçada

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0927a
Type:Dessin
Date de publication:29 juillet 2009
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0927
Taille:2666 x 4000 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Betelgeuse
Type:Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Supergiant
Distance:650 années lumière
Catégorie:Illustrations

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