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Flying through the young star cluster Westerlund 1 (artist's impression)
In this video we fly through the young star cluster Westerlund 1 and close in on the strange magnetar that lies within it. This remarkable cluster contains hundreds of very massive stars, some shining with a brilliance of almost one million suns. European astronomers have for the first time demonstrated that the magnetar — an unusual type of neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field — was formed from a star with at least 40 times as much mass as the Sun.
Crédit:ESO/L. Calçada
À propos de la vidéo
| Identification: | eso1034a |
| Date de publication: | 14 mai 2014 12:00 |
| Communiqués de presse en rapport: | eso1415, eso1034 |
| Durée: | 30 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
À propos de l'objet
| Nom: | Westerlund 1 |
| Catégorie: | Star Clusters |
