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.

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O zdjęciu

Identyfikator:eso0815a
Typ:Obserwacje
Data publikacji:27 maja 2008
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O obiekcie

Nazwa:WOH G64
Typ:Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Supergiant
Kategoria:Galaxies
Illustrations

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Kolory i filtry

PasmoDługość faliTeleskop
Podczerwony
Near-IR
3.6 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC (Spitzer)
Podczerwony
Mid-IR
8.0 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC (Spitzer)
Podczerwony
Mid-IR
24 μm Spitzer Space Telescope
MIPS

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