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Wide-field view of the sky around VY Canis Majoris
This wide-field view shows the sky around the very brilliant red hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris, one of the largest stars known in the Milky Way. The star itself appears at the centre of the picture, which also includes clouds of glowing red hydrogen gas, dust clouds and the bright star cluster around the bright star Tau Canis Majoris towards the upper right. This picture was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Mynd/Myndskeið:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Um myndina
Auðkenni: | eso1546c |
Tegund: | Athuganir |
Útgáfudagur: | Nóv 25, 2015, 12:00 CET |
Tengdar fréttatilkynningar: | eso1546 |
Stærð: | 12876 x 12372 px |
Um fyrirbærið
Nafn: | VY Canis Majoris |
Tegund: | Milky Way : Star Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Supergiant |
Fjarlægð: | 4000 ljósár |
Constellation: | Canis Major |
Flokkur: | Stars |
Myndasnið
Bakgrunnsmynd
Hnit
Position (RA): | 7 22 58.84 |
Position (Dec): | -25° 46' 23.00" |
Field of view: | 216.38 x 207.91 arcminutes |
Stefna: | Norður er 0.1° vinstri frá lóðréttu |
Litir og síur
Tíðnisvið | Sjónauki |
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Sýnilegt B | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
Sýnilegt R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
Innrautt I | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |