Location of the star WOH G64 in the Large Magellanic Cloud

 

The Large Magellanic Cloud is a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way, located 160 000 light-years away from us. Despite the staggering distance, the GRAVITY instrument of the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO’s VLTI), managed to take a closed-up picture of the giant star WOH G64. This image shows the location of the star within the Large Magellanic Cloud, with with some of the VLTI’s Auxiliary Telescopes in the foreground.

Crediti:

ESO/K. Ohnaka et al./Y. Beletsky (LCO)

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Identificazione:eso2417d
Tipo:Collage
Data di rilascio:Giovedì 21 Novembre 2024 14:00
Notizie relative:eso2417
Grandezza:3812 x 2469 px

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Nome:Large Magellanic Cloud, VLT Unit Telescopes, WOH G64
Tipo:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope
Local Universe : Star : Circumstellar Material
Categoria:Stars

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