TIL that in 2017, the European Southern Observatory in Chile was able to get an image of the red supergiant star Antares that was detailed enough to show its surface and atmosphere!
TIL that in 2017, the European Southern Observatory in Chile was able to get an image of the red supergiant star Antares that was detailed enough to show its surface and atmosphere!
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer astronomers have constructed the most detailed image ever of a star — the red supergiant star Antares. They have also made the first map of the velocities of material in the atmosphere of a star other than the Sun, revealing unexpected turbulence in An...
So far, the best ever image of a star other than our sun.
Weird to think when this light left Antares 1467 was just rolling by...
Wow! ❤️
That's astounding! Is it a real picture or a radio signal interpretation?
It's a combined view from four telescopes at the observatory. The article goes into a bit more detail.
I hadn't realized there was a link; I thought it was just a picture. Thank you!
M&m or Zorg?