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To: C19fan

Astronomers Release Most Detailed Image of a Star That’s Not the Sun

Betelgeuse is a huge red supergiant, so we can get pretty good images of the enormous star.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a27084/astronomers-release-detailed-image-star-besides-sun-betelgeuse/


2 posted on 08/23/2017 8:58:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Red Badger

These are red giant stars which, due to their size, are very easy to see with telescopic magnification. G-class main sequence stars, like our sun, would be much harder to at these distances (500+ LY). I’m surprised we don’t have pictures like this of other closer main sequence stars like Proxima Centauri.


9 posted on 08/23/2017 9:31:14 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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