Astronomers take first close-up picture of a star outside our galaxy
Located a staggering 160,000 light-years from us, the star WOH G64 was imaged thanks to the impressive sharpness offered by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO's VLTI).
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WOH G64 is 2,000 times the size of the sun and is 160,000 light-years distant in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.
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Astronomers have taken a detailed image of a star outside of the Milky Way for the first time.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox
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Using four telescopes linked together, astronomers have captured an astonishing image of a huge star more than 160,000 light years away
Astronomers say they've captured the first close-up image of a star beyond our galaxy
The star — known as WOH G64 — is located 160,000 light years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that orbits the Milky Way.
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