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.

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0815a
Type:Observation
Date de publication:27 mai 2008
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0815
Taille:4193 x 1818 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:WOH G64
Type:Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Supergiant
Catégorie:Galaxies
Illustrations

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Couleurs & filtres

DomaineLongueur d'ondeTélescope
Infrarouge
Near-IR
3.6 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC (Spitzer)
Infrarouge
Mid-IR
8.0 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC (Spitzer)
Infrarouge
Mid-IR
24 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
MIPS

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