VLTI reconstructed view of the surface of Antares

eso_eso1726a August 23rd, 2017

Credit: ESO/K. Ohnaka

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer astronomers have constructed this remarkable image of the red supergiant star Antares. This is the most detailed image ever of this object, or any other star apart from the Sun.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1726a/

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: Antares
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Red Supergiant

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 16h 29m 24.5s; DEC = -26° 25’ 55.2”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 0.0 x 0.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Scorpius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLTI (AMBER)	Infrared (CO)	2.3 µm

ID: eso1726a
Subject Category: B.3.1.5
Subject Name: Antares
Credits: ESO/K. Ohnaka

Release Date: 2017-08-23T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1726a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope Interferometer
Instrument: AMBER
Color Assignment: Orange

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: CO
Central Wavelength: 2306.65

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 247.351918273, -26.4320022596
Reference Dimension: 600.0, 600.0

Reference Pixel: 300.0, 300.0
Scale: -3.47222222222e-08, 3.47222222222e-08
Rotation: 0
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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: eso1726a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1726a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-02-22T14:20:19.081133
Metadata Version: 1.1

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