File:VLTI Revisits the Largest Yellow Hypergiant Ever Discovered (36738658824).jpg
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It may not look like much, but this blob shows a remarkable star named V766 Centauri (V766 Cen for short) and its close companion. It was first studied and classified a few years ago by researchers using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) when it was found to be something known as a yellow hypergiant, a massive and luminous type of star that is extremely rare — and extremely big! Measuring over 1400 times the diameter of the Sun, V766 Cen was not only the largest star of its type ever discovered, but also one of the ten largest stars ever found. More information: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1740a/ Credit: ESO/M. Wittkowski (ESO) |
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| Source | VLTI Revisits the Largest Yellow Hypergiant Ever Discovered |
| Author | European Southern Observatory |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by European Southern Observatory at https://flickr.com/photos/51207680@N04/36738658824 (archive). It was reviewed on 7 November 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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