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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ESO

Über das Bild

ID:eso0815a
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:27. Mai 2008
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen:eso0815
Größe:4193 x 1818 px

Über das Objekt

Name:WOH G64
Typ:Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Supergiant
Kategorie:Galaxies
Illustrations

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Farben & Filter

SpektralbereichWellenlängeTeleskop
Infrarot
Near-IR
3.6 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC (Spitzer)
Infrarot
Mid-IR
8.0 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC (Spitzer)
Infrarot
Mid-IR
24 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
MIPS

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