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12 December 2018

While testing a new subsystem on the SPHERE planet-hunting instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers were able to capture dramatic details of the turbulent stellar relationship in the binary star R Aquarii with unprecedented clarity — even compared to observations from Hubble.

The release, images and videos are available on:
https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1840/

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12 December 2018




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