Fulldome artist’s impression of the hottest and most massive touching double star

This fulldome animated artist’s impression shows VFTS 352 — the hottest and most massive double star system to date where the two components are in contact and sharing material. The two stars in this extreme system lie about 160 000 light-years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud. This intriguing pair could be heading for a dramatic end, either with the creation of a single monster star or the formation of a binary black hole.

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ESO/L. Calçada

Über das Video

ID:eso1540c
Veröffentlichungsdatum:21. Oktober 2015 12:00
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen:eso1540
Dauer:30 s
Frame rate:30 fps

Über das Objekt

Name:VFTS 352
Typ:Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Multiple
Kategorie:Fulldome
Stars

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