Zooming in to the Kinman Dwarf galaxy

This video starts by showing a wide-field view of a region of the sky in the constellation of Aquarius. It then zooms in to show the Kinman Dwarf galaxy, where a mysterious luminous blue variable star disappeared. The end of the video shows an artistic animation of what the star could have looked like before it disappeared.

Credit:

ESO/L. Calçada, Digitized Sky Survey 2, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), NASA, ESA/Hubble, J. Andrews (U. Arizona) Music: Konstantino Polizois

About the Video

Id:eso2010c
Release date:30 June 2020, 12:00
Related releases:eso2010
Duration:01 m 05 s
Frame rate:25 fps

About the Object

Name:Kinman Dwarf galaxy
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular
Local Universe : Star : Type : Variable
Category:Galaxies
Stars

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