WR 102 hides near the center of the nebulosity captured in this infrared image. The star’s extreme radiation is ionizing the surrounding gas, causing it to glow.
WR 102 hides near the center of the nebulosity captured in this infrared image. The star’s extreme radiation is ionizing the surrounding gas, causing it to glow.
I am pinging the APOD ping list on this rare non-NASA APOD post because the article is very good.
If this star’s size is compared to our planetary orbits, what planet’s orbit would it’s size encompass?
When our Sun goes Red Giant, it will expand to the orbit of Mars. Everything inside that orbit will be vaporized.........................................
Deneb in the Constellation Cygnus is a true giant.