File:Wide-field view of the sky around VY Canis Majoris.jpg
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DescriptionWide-field view of the sky around VY Canis Majoris.jpg |
English: This wide-field view shows the sky around the very brilliant red hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris, one of the largest stars known in the Milky Way. The star itself appears at the centre of the picture, which also includes clouds of glowing red hydrogen gas, dust clouds and the bright star cluster around the bright star Tau Canis Majoris towards the upper right. This picture was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Русский: Это широкоугольный снимок области неба вокруг очень яркого красного гипергиганта VY Canis Majoris, одной из самых больших звезд в нашей Галактике Млечного Пути. Звезда находится вблизи центра снимка. На фото заметны также красноватые облака светящегося водорода, пылевые облака и звездное скопление вокруг яркой звезды Тау Большого Пса (вверху справа). Фотография составлена из полей цифрового обзора неба Digitized Sky Survey 2. |
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Source | ESO website |
Author | ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin |
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Credit/Provider | ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin |
Source | European Southern Observatory |
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Date and time of data generation | 12:00, 25 November 2015 |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 (Windows) |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:b0252d0d-5793-6044-9a2d-2e2318ea52ef |
Keywords | VY Canis Majoris |
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Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 Garching bei München, , D-85748 Germany |
IIM version | 4 |