The Be star Alpha Arae (artist's impression)
Artist's impression of the Be star Alpha Arae. The star is rotating with a velocity close to its break-up velocity and loses mass through a stellar wind emerging predominantly from the poles and reaching velocities of the order of 2000 km/s. The star is surrounded by a disc in Keplerian rotation.
Credit:ESO/Anthony Meilland (Observatoire de la Côte d''Azur, France)
About the Image
| Id: | eso0635a |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 20 September 2006 |
| Related releases: | eso0635 |
| Size: | 2369 x 2147 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Alpha Arae |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable |
| Distance: | 250 light years |
| Category: | Illustrations Stars |
