The Sharpest Image Yet of a Red Giant Star (IMAGE)

Chalmers University of Technology

The Sharpest Image Yet of a Red Giant Star

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320 light years from Earth, the star W Hydrae is a few billion years further on than the Sun in its life. For comparison, the dotted ring shows the size of the Earth's orbit around the Sun, seen from an angle.

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Credit: Alma (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/W. Vlemmings

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