The first "3D" data from the VLTI
This image was created from the first combined image and motion measurements from the AMBER instrument on the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. It shows the mysterious disc of material around the brilliant supergiant star HD 62623. The picture has been colour coded to show the velocities of the material in the disc: blue indicates that the material is coming towards us, and red that it is receding.
Credit:ESO/F. Millour
About the Image
| Id: | ann11002a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 26 January 2011, 12:00 |
| Related announcements: | ann11002 |
| Size: | 1026 x 1026 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HD 62623 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Blue Supergiant |
| Category: | Stars |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Infrared K | 2.2 μm | Very Large Telescope Interferometer AMBER |