Zooming in on Beta Pictoris
This sequence starts with a broad view of the southern sky and closes in on the bright star Beta Pictoris in the constellation of Pictor (The Artist’s Easel). This young star is surrounded by a dusty disc and also orbited by a large planet that is the first exoplanet to have had its spin measured. It has an equatorial rotation velocity of almost 100 000 kilometres/hour — much faster than any of the planets in the Solar System.
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2/Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org)/L. Calçada. Music: movetwo
About the Video
Id: | eso1414a |
Release date: | 30 April 2014, 19:00 |
Related releases: | eso1414 |
Duration: | 50 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
Name: | Beta Pictoris |
Category: | Stars |