ESO Telescope Sees Surface of Supergiant Star Betelgeuse

ESO Telescope Sees Surface of Supergiant Star Betelgeuse

ESOcast 217 Light: Using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured the unprecedented dimming of Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star in the constellation Orion.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)

Directed by: Herbert Zodet

Editing : Herbert Zodet

Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida

Written by: Caitlyn Buongiorno and Bárbara Ferreira

Footage and photos: ESO, Kervella/M. Montargès et al., acknowledgement: Eric Pantin, Digitized Sky Survey 2, M. Zamani and P. Horálek  

Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova

Duration: 1 minute, 29 seconds

Release Date: February 14, 2020

#NASA #ESO #Astronomy #Space #Science #Star #Betelgeuse #RedSupergiant #Orion #Constellation #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Cosmos #Universe #Telescope #Chile #Europe #STEM #Education #HD #Video