The first "3D" data from the VLTI

This image was created from the first combined image and motion measurements from the AMBER instrument on the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. It shows the mysterious disc of material around the brilliant supergiant star HD 62623. The picture has been colour coded to show the velocities of the material in the disc: blue indicates that the material is coming towards us, and red that it is receding.

Herkunftsnachweis:

ESO/F. Millour

Über das Bild

ID:ann11002a
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:26. Januar 2011 12:00
Dazugehörige Mitteilungen:ann11002
Größe:1026 x 1026 px

Über das Objekt

Name:HD 62623
Typ:Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk
Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Blue Supergiant
Kategorie:Stars

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Farben & Filter

SpektralbereichWellenlängeTeleskop
Infrarot
K
2.2 μmVery Large Telescope Interferometer
AMBER