A thick belt around a massive star in another galaxy

The position of the supergiant star WOH G64 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way's neighbouring galaxies, is shown in this Spitzer image (left). On the right, an artist's impression is provided of the thick, massive torus of matter surrounding the star as inferred from observations made with ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer. This is the first time that MIDI resolves an individual star in a neighbouring galaxy.

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Om bilden

ID:eso0815a
Typ:Observation
Publiceringsdatum:27 maj 2008
Relaterade pressmeddelanden:eso0815
Storlek:4193 x 1818 px

Om objektet

Namn:WOH G64
Typ:Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Supergiant
Kategori:Galaxies
Illustrations

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Färger och filter

BandVåglängdTeleskop
Infrarött
Near-IR
3.6 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC (Spitzer)
Infrarött
Mid-IR
8.0 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC (Spitzer)
Infrarött
Mid-IR
24 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
MIPS

Noter: The left image is from the Spitzer Space Telescope and the right is an artists impression.