eso_eso0943d November 17th, 2009
Credit: ESO/P.A. Woudt
Using the NACO adaptive optics instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope and its ability to obtain images as sharp as if taken from space, astronomers looked at a bipolar shell ejected by a "vampire star", which underwent an outburst after gulping down part of its companion’s matter.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0943d/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
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