Zooming in on aging double star IRAS 08544-4431
This video takes the viewer deep into a spectacular region of the southern Milky Way in the constellation of Vela (The Sails). We pass many interesting objects, including star formation regions and the blue filaments of a supernova remnant, before closing in on the faint star IRAS 08544-4431. This aging object is surrounded by a dusty disc that has been clearly resolved for the first time by the Very Large Telescope Interferometer at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile.
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org). Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin. Music: Johan B. Monell (www.johanmonell.com)
About the Video
| Id: | eso1608a |
| Release date: | 9 March 2016, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1608 |
| Duration: | 50 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 08544-4431 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk |
| Category: | Stars |
