VFTS 243
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Dorado IAU.svg
Författare/Upphovsman: IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg), Licens: CC BY 3.0
IAU Dorado chart
Författare/Upphovsman: IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg), Licens: CC BY 3.0
IAU Dorado chart
VFTS 243 in HST color.png
Författare/Upphovsman: Pelligton and Aladin Sky Atlas in HST color, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
VFTS 243 in HST color
Författare/Upphovsman: Pelligton and Aladin Sky Atlas in HST color, Licens: CC BY-SA 4.0
VFTS 243 in HST color
Artist's impression of VFTS 243 in the Tarantula Nebula.jpg
Författare/Upphovsman: ESO/L. Calçada, Licens: CC BY 4.0
This artist’s impression shows what the binary system VFTS 243 might look like if we were observing it up close. The system, which is located in the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, is composed of a hot, blue star with 25 times the Sun’s mass and a black hole, which is at least nine times the mass of the Sun. The sizes of the two binary components are not to scale: in reality, the blue star is about 200 000 times larger than the black hole. Note that the 'lensing' effect around the black hole is shown for illustration purposes only, to make this dark object more noticeable in the image. The inclination of the system means that, when looking at it from Earth, we cannot observe the black hole eclipsing the star.
Författare/Upphovsman: ESO/L. Calçada, Licens: CC BY 4.0
This artist’s impression shows what the binary system VFTS 243 might look like if we were observing it up close. The system, which is located in the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, is composed of a hot, blue star with 25 times the Sun’s mass and a black hole, which is at least nine times the mass of the Sun. The sizes of the two binary components are not to scale: in reality, the blue star is about 200 000 times larger than the black hole. Note that the 'lensing' effect around the black hole is shown for illustration purposes only, to make this dark object more noticeable in the image. The inclination of the system means that, when looking at it from Earth, we cannot observe the black hole eclipsing the star.