The first "3D" data from the VLTI

Eso_ann11002a_1024

eso_ann11002a January 26th, 2011

Credit: ESO/F. Millour

This image was created from the first combined image and motion measurements from the AMBER instrument on the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. It shows the mysterious disc of material around the brilliant supergiant star HD 62623. The picture has been colour coded to show the velocities of the material in the disc: blue indicates that the material is coming towards us, and red that it is receding.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann11002a/

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
HD 62623
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Blue Supergiant
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor VLTI (AMBER) Infrared (K) 2.2 µm
Spectrum_base
Pseudocolor
Eso_ann11002a_1280
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ID
ann11002a
Subject Category
B.3.1.6   B.3.7.2  
Subject Name
HD 62623
Credits
ESO/F. Millour
Release Date
2011-01-26T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann11002a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope Interferometer
Instrument
AMBER
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
K
Central Wavelength
2200
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
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
ann11002a
Metadata Date
2011-01-27T11:58:09+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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