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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.

Créditos:

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

Sobre a imagem

Id:eso0927c
Tipo:Observação
Data de divulgação:29 de Julho de 2009
Notícias relacionadas:eso0927
Tamanho:4337 x 1814 px

Sobre o objeto

Nome:Betelgeuse
Tipo:Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Giant
Distância:650 anos-luz
Categoria:Stars

Formatos de imagens

JPEG grande
2,2 MB

Papéis de parede

1024x768
315,0 KB
1280x1024
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1600x1200
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2048x1536
1,1 MB

Cores e filtros

BandaTelescópio
Óptico
B
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Óptico
R
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Infravermelho
Near-IR
Very Large Telescope
NACO