Interferometric fringes from the star Achernar
This chart shows the interferometric fringes of the star Achernar, as observed on the computer screen in the VLTI Control Room, at the moment of "First Light" with two 8.2-m VLT telescopes. It was extracted from one of the scans displayed in ESO Press Photo eso0134.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0134c |
| Type: | Chart |
| Release date: | 5 November 2001 |
| Related releases: | eso0134 |
| Size: | 800 x 591 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Achernar |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Main Sequence |
| Distance: | 150 light years |
| Category: | Stars |
