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.
Credit:ESO, P.Kervella, Digitized Sky Survey 2 and A. Fujii
About the Image
| Id: | eso0927c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 29 July 2009 |
| Related releases: | eso0927 |
| Size: | 4337 x 1814 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Betelgeuse |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Giant |
| Distance: | 650 light years |
| Category: | Stars |
Image Formats
Wallpapers
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical B | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Infrared Near-IR | Very Large Telescope NACO |