A “fly to” b Centauri
The SPHERE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope has captured an image of the most massive and hottest, planet-hosting star pair to date, b Centauri, accompanied by its planet, b Centauri b. This video takes us on a 325-light-year journey to this binary system from Earth.
Credit:ESO/L.Calçada/spaceengine.org
About the Video
| Id: | eso2118b |
| Release date: | 8 December 2021, 17:00 |
| Related releases: | eso2118 |
| Duration: | 26 s |
| Frame rate: | 25 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | b Centauri |
| Type: | Solar System : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
| Category: | Exoplanets |
