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VFTS 102: the fastest rotating star
This view shows part of the stellar nursery called the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small neighbour of the Milky Way. At the centre lies the brilliant star VFTS 102 This view includes both visible-light and infrared images from the Wide Field Imager at the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at La Silla and the 4.1-metre infrared VISTA telescope at Paranal. VFTS 102 is the most rapidly rotating star ever found.
Kredit:ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
O snímku
| Id: | eso1147a |
| Typ: | Pozorování |
| Datum zveřejnění: | 5. prosince 2011 15:00 |
| Související články: | eso1147 |
| Velikost: | 1284 x 1284 px |
O objektu
| Jméno: | VFTS 102 |
| Typ: | Local Universe : Star : Spectral Type : O |
| Vzdálenost: | 150000 světelné roky |
| Kategorie: | Stars |
Barvy & filtry
| Pásmo | Dalekohled |
|---|---|
| Optický V | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Infračervený V | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
| Optický R | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Infračervený J | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
| Infračervený K | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |