Star ejected from the Large Magellanic Cloud (artist''s view)

Eso_eso0536a_1024

eso_eso0536a November 9th, 2005

Credit: ESO

Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have recorded a massive star moving at more than 2.6 million kilometres per hour. Stars are not born with such large velocities. Its position in the sky leads to the suggestion that the star was kicked out from the Large Magellanic Cloud, providing indirect evidence for a massive black hole in the Milky Way's closest neighbour.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0536a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HE 0437-5439
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Type > Blue Straggler

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS2) Optical (R) -
Green VLT (FORS2) Optical (V) -
Blue VLT (FORS2) Optical (B) -
Eso_eso0536a_1280
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ID
eso0536a
Subject Category
B.3.2.5  
Subject Name
HE 0437-5439
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2005-11-09T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0536a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007MNRAS.376L..29G
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS2, FORS2, FORS2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2191.0, 2439.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0536a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0536a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2016-07-19T11:39:08+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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