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Betelgeuse in Orion (with annotations)

This collage shows the Orion constellation in the sky (Betelgeuse is identified by the marker), a zoom towards Betelgeuse, and the sharpest ever image of this supergiant star, which was obtained with NACO on ESO’s Very Large Telescope.

Kredit:

ESO, P.Kervella, Digitized Sky Survey 2 and A. Fujii

O snímku

Id:eso0927c
Typ:Pozorování
Datum zveřejnění:29. července 2009
Související články:eso0927
Velikost:4337 x 1814 px

O objektu

Jméno:Betelgeuse
Typ:Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Giant
Vzdálenost:650 světelné roky
Kategorie:Stars

Image Formats


Pozadí

1024x768
315,0 KB
1280x1024
522,6 KB
1600x1200
734,1 KB
1920x1200
858,3 KB
2048x1536
1,1 MB

Barvy & filtry

PásmoDalekohled
Optický
B
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Optický
R
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Infračervený
Near-IR
Very Large Telescope
NACO