{"id":15369,"date":"2017-12-20T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T18:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15369"},"modified":"2017-12-20T11:20:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T16:20:20","slug":"eso-vlt-observes-huge-bubble-patterns-on-surface-of-red-giant-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15369","title":{"rendered":"ESO: VLT observes huge bubble patterns on surface of red giant star"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest report from ESO<\/a> (European Southern Observatory):<\/p>\n

Giant Bubbles on Red Giant Star\u2019s Surface<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Astronomers using ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope have directly observed granulation patterns on the surface of a star outside the Solar System \u2014 the ageing red giant \u03c01 Gruis. This remarkable new image from the PIONIER instrument reveals the convective cells that make up the surface of this huge star. Each cell covers more than a quarter of the star\u2019s diameter and measures about 120 million kilometres across. [Larger image<\/a>.]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>Astronomers using ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope have for the first time directly observed granulation patterns on the surface of a star outside the Solar System \u2014 the ageing red giant \u03c01 Gruis. This remarkable new image from the PIONIER instrument reveals the convective cells that make up the surface of this huge star, which has 350 times the diameter of the Sun. Each cell covers more than a quarter of the star\u2019s diameter and measures about 120 million kilometres across. These new results are being published this week in the journal Nature.<\/p>\n