ESOcast 217 Light: ESO Telescope Sees Surface of Dim Betelgeuse
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation Orion.
The video is available in 4K UHD.
The ESOcast Light is a series of short videos bringing you the wonders of the Universe in bite-sized pieces. The ESOcast Light episodes will not be replacing the standard, longer ESOcasts, but complement them with current astronomy news and images in ESO press releases.
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Directed by: Herbert Zodet.
Editing : Herbert Zodet.
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Caitlyn Buongiorno and Bárbara Ferreira.
Music: tonelabs (www.tonelabs.com) – Expect The Unexpected.
Footage and photos: ESO, Kervella/M. Montargès et al., acknowledgement: Eric Pantin, Digitized Sky Survey 2, M. Zamani and P. Horálek.
Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.
Videosta
| Tunnistus: | eso2003a |
| Julkaisupäivä: | 14. helmikuuta 2020 14:00 |
| Vastaavat julkaisut: | eso2003 |
| Kesto: | 01 m 29 s |
| Frame rate: | 25 fps |
Kohteesta
| Nimi: | Betelgeuse |
| Tyyppi: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Supergiant |
| Kategoria: | ESOcast Stars |
