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.
Credit:ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
About the Image
| Id: | eso1147a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 5 December 2011, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1147 |
| Size: | 1284 x 1284 px |
About the Object
| Name: | VFTS 102 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Star : Spectral Type : O |
| Distance: | 150000 light years |
| Category: | Stars |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical V | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Infrared V | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
| Optical R | MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope WFI |
| Infrared J | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |
| Infrared K | Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy |