The Star T Leporis As Seen with VLTI (IMAGE) ESO Caption This image from ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer is one of the sharpest color images ever made. It shows the Mira-like star T Leporis in great detail. The central disc is the surface of the star, which is surrounded by a spherical shell of molecular material expelled from the star. In order to appreciate the feat of such measurement, one should realize that the star appears, on the sky, as small as a two-storey house on the Moon. The resolution of the image is about 4 milli-arcseconds. In this image, obtained by combining hundreds of interferometric measurements, the blue channel includes infrared light from 1.4 to 1.6 micrometers, the green, from 1.6 to 1.75 micrometres, and the red, from 1.75 to 1.9 micrometers. In the green channel, the molecular envelope is thinner, and appears as a thin ring around the star. Credit ESO/J.-B. Le Bouquin et al. Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.