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Zooming into the red giant star R Sculptoris
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This video sequence starts with a view of the rather faint constellations of Sculptor (The Sculptor) and Cetus (The Sea Monster). As we zoom in we see a few faint galaxies but close in on a star that looks very red. This is the old red giant variable star R Sculptoris. Observations using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have revealed an unexpected spiral structure in the material around this star.
Credit:
ESO/A. Fujii/Digitized Sky Survey 2
About the Video
| Id: | eso1239c |
| Release date: | 10 October 2012, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1239 |
| Duration: | 56s |
About the Object
| Name: | R Sculptoris |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Giant • X - Stars |
