A thick belt around a massive star in another galaxy

eso_eso0815a May 27th, 2008

Credit: ESO

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.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0815a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Document
Object Name: WOH G64
Subject - Local Universe: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Red Supergiant

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Spitzer (IRAC (Spitzer))	Infrared (Mid-IR)	8.0 µm
	Spitzer (IRAC (Spitzer))	Infrared (Near-IR)	3.6 µm
	Spitzer (MIPS)	Infrared (Mid-IR)	24.0 µm
The left image is from the Spitzer Space Telescope and the right is an artists impression.

ID: eso0815a
Subject Category: C.3.1.5
Subject Name: WOH G64
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2008-05-27T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0815a/

Type: Document
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Facility: Spitzer Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope
Instrument: IRAC (Spitzer), IRAC (Spitzer), MIPS
Color Assignment: Green, Blue, Red

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: Mid-IR, Near-IR, Mid-IR
Central Wavelength: 8000, 3600, 24000

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Reference Dimension: 4193.0, 1818.0

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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso0815a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0815a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-21T13:58:40+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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