eso_eso1523a June 10th, 2015
Credit: ESO/P. Kervella
Some of the sharpest images ever made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope have for the first time revealed what appears to be an ageing star in the early stages of forming a butterfly-like planetary nebula. These observations of the red giant star L2 Puppis from the ZIMPOL mode of the newly installed SPHERE instrument also reveal a close companion. The dying stages of the lives of stars continue to pose many riddles for astronomers.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1523a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
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