The Be star Alpha Arae (artist's impression)

Artist's impression of the Be star Alpha Arae. The star is rotating with a velocity close to its break-up velocity and loses mass through a stellar wind emerging predominantly from the poles and reaching velocities of the order of 2000 km/s. The star is surrounded by a disc in Keplerian rotation.

Källa:

ESO/Anthony Meilland (Observatoire de la Côte d''Azur, France)

Om bilden

ID:eso0635a
Typ:Illustration
Publiceringsdatum:20 september 2006
Relaterade pressmeddelanden:eso0635
Storlek:2369 x 2147 px

Om objektet

Namn:Alpha Arae
Typ:Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable
Avstånd:250 ljusår
Kategori:Illustrations
Stars

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