Sorry! This page is not yet available in your preferred language, so we're displaying the original version instead.
The Taurus and Horologium constellations
From their HARPS observations on the ESO 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla, astronomers infer that the star Iota Horologii (located as it name suggests towards the Horologium constellation) must have drifted from the Hyades cluster where it formed. The Hyades cluster is located towards the inner triangle of the Taurus constellation. The star is thus more than 130 light-years away from its original birthplace. This is an important result to understand how stars move on the galactic highways of the Milky Way.
Kredit:ESO
O snímku
| Id: | eso0809b |
| Typ: | Fotografický |
| Datum zveřejnění: | 15. dubna 2008 |
| Související články: | eso0809 |
| Velikost: | 599 x 656 px |
O objektu
| Jméno: | Iota Horologii |
| Typ: | Milky Way : Star Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Vzdálenost: | 55 světelné roky |
| Kategorie: | Exoplanets |
