ESOcast 219 Light: Star Dance Around Supermassive Black Hole
ESO's Very Large Telescope has observed a star dancing around the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way. The observations have revealed, for the first time, that the star’s orbit is shaped like a rosette and not like an ellipse.
The video is available in 4K UHD.
The ESOcast Light is a series of short videos bringing you the wonders of the Universe in bite-sized pieces. The ESOcast Light episodes will not be replacing the standard, longer ESOcasts, but complement them with current astronomy news and images in ESO press releases.
Credit:ESO
Directed by: Herbert Zodet.
Editing: Herbert Zodet.
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Caitlyn Buongiorno, Stephanie Rowlands and Bárbara Ferreira.
Music: John Stanford – Deep Space (johnstanfordmusic.com).
Footage and photos: ESO, L. Calçada and Daniele Gasparri (www.astroatacama.com).
Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.
About the Video
| Id: | eso2006a |
| Release date: | 16 April 2020, 09:00 |
| Related releases: | eso2006 |
| Duration: | 01 m 24 s |
| Frame rate: | 25 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Sgr A* |
| Type: | Milky Way : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole |
| Category: | ESOcast Quasars and Black Holes |
