A thick belt around a massive star in another galaxy

The position of the supergiant star WOH G64 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way's neighbouring galaxies, is shown in this Spitzer image (left). On the right, an artist's impression is provided of the thick, massive torus of matter surrounding the star as inferred from observations made with ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer. This is the first time that MIDI resolves an individual star in a neighbouring galaxy.

Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0815a
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:27 mei 2008
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0815
Grootte:4193 x 1818 px

Over het object

Naam:WOH G64
Type:Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Supergiant
Categorie:Galaxies
Illustrations

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Kleuren & filters

BandGolflengteTelescoop
Infrarood
Near-IR
3.6 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC (Spitzer)
Infrarood
Mid-IR
8.0 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC (Spitzer)
Infrarood
Mid-IR
24 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
MIPS

Noten: The left image is from the Spitzer Space Telescope and the right is an artists impression.