Location of the star WOH G64 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
The Large Magellanic Cloud is a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way, located 160 000 light-years away from us. Despite the staggering distance, the GRAVITY instrument of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO’s VLTI), managed to take a closed-up picture of the giant star WOH G64. This image shows the location of the star within the Large Magellanic Cloud, with with some of the VLTI’s Auxiliary Telescopes in the foreground.
Credit:ESO/K. Ohnaka et al./Y. Beletsky (LCO)
About the Image
| Id: | eso2417d |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 21 November 2024, 14:00 |
| Related releases: | eso2417 |
| Size: | 3812 x 2469 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Large Magellanic Cloud, VLT Unit Telescopes, WOH G64 |
| Type: | Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope Local Universe : Star : Circumstellar Material |
| Category: | Stars |
