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Artist’s impression of a vampire star and its victim
New research using data from ESO’s Very Large Telescope has revealed that the hottest and brightest stars, which are known as O stars, are often found in close pairs. Many of such binaries transfer mass from one star to another, a kind of stellar vampirism depicted in this artist’s impression.
Credit:
ESO/M. Kornmesser/S.E. de Mink
About the Image
| Id: | eso1230a |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 26 July 2012, 20:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1230 |
| Size: | 4500 x 3200 px |
About the Object
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Spectral Type : O • Illustrations |
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