The Be star Alpha Arae (artist's impression)

Artist's impression of the Be star Alpha Arae. The star is rotating with a velocity close to its break-up velocity and loses mass through a stellar wind emerging predominantly from the poles and reaching velocities of the order of 2000 km/s. The star is surrounded by a disc in Keplerian rotation.

Credit:

ESO/Anthony Meilland (Observatoire de la Côte d''Azur, France)

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0635a
Type:Ontwerp
Publicatiedatum:20 september 2006
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0635
Grootte:2369 x 2147 px

Over het object

Naam:Alpha Arae
Type:Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable
Afstand:250 lichtjaren
Categorie:Illustrations
Stars

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