A Full Orbit of the Star S2 (without annotations)

For one of the central stars, called S2, the astronomers were able to follow its complete 15 year long orbit! The star approached the black hole to within one light-day – this is only about five times the distance between the planet Neptune and the Sun.

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Identification:eso0846h
Date de publication:10 décembre 2008
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0846
Durée:41 s
Frame rate:30 fps

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