Betelgeuse in Orion (with annotations)

Eso_eso0927c_1024

eso_eso0927c July 29th, 2009

Credit: ESO, P.Kervella, Digitized Sky Survey 2 and A. Fujii

This collage shows the Orion constellation in the sky (Betelgeuse is identified by the marker), a zoom towards Betelgeuse, and the sharpest ever image of this supergiant star, which was obtained with NACO on ESO’s Very Large Telescope.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0927c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Betelgeuse
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Red Giant

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
Pseudocolor VLT (NACO) Infrared (Near-IR) -
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ID
eso0927c
Subject Category
B.3.1.4  
Subject Name
Betelgeuse
Credits
ESO, P.Kervella, Digitized Sky Survey 2 and A. Fujii
Release Date
2009-07-29T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0927c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
None, None, NACO
Color Assignment
Red, Blue, Pseudocolor
Band
Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
R, B, Near-IR
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
4337.0, 1814.0
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
eso0927c
Metadata Date
2009-07-27T16:12:40+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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