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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.
Crédit:ESO, P.Kervella, Digitized Sky Survey 2 and A. Fujii
À propos de l'image
| Identification: | eso0927c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Date de publication: | 29 juillet 2009 |
| Communiqués de presse en rapport: | eso0927 |
| Taille: | 4337 x 1814 px |
À propos de l'objet
| Nom: | Betelgeuse |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Giant |
| Distance: | 650 années lumière |
| Catégorie: | Stars |
Image Formats
Fonds d'écran
Couleurs & filtres
| Domaine | Télescope |
|---|---|
| Visible B | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Visible R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Infrarouge Near-IR | Very Large Telescope NACO |