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Betelgeuse in Orion (with annotations)

This collage shows the Orion constellation in the sky (Betelgeuse is identified by the marker), a zoom towards Betelgeuse, and the sharpest ever image of this supergiant star, which was obtained with NACO on ESO’s Very Large Telescope.

Crediti:

ESO, P.Kervella, Digitized Sky Survey 2 and A. Fujii

A proposito dell'immagine

Identificazione:eso0927c
Tipo:Osservazione
Data di pubblicazione:29 Luglio 2009
Notizie relative:eso0927
Dimensione:4337 x 1814 px

A proposito delll'oggetto

Nome:Betelgeuse
Tipo:Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Giant
Distanza:650 Anni luce
Categoria:Stars

Formati delle immagini

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Colori e filtri

BandaTelescopio
Ottico
B
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Ottico
R
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Infrarosso
Near-IR
Very Large Telescope
NACO