Scientists have taken the first close-up photograph of a star outside our galaxy, i.e. the Milky Way. This star is 1.60 lakh light years from Earth. This is a star from another galaxy. Around it are huge Magellanic clouds. Its size is 2000 times larger than the radius of our sun. Until some time ago, scientists used to simply call him “The Monster.” It is currently named WOH G64.
The galaxy in which this star is located is a dwarf galaxy. That is, the small galaxy that revolves around our galaxy. The Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) was used to take the close-up photograph. This telescope is at the European Southern Observatory. Which can approach the depths of space.
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Astrophysicist Kichi Onaka of Chile’s Universidad Nacional André Bello said we’ve also seen an oval circle of cocoon-shaped clouds around this star. This could also mean that these clouds are appearing due to the death of this star. This star is dying. Or you may be going through a supernova explosion right now.
Taking pictures of stars outside the galaxy is complicated
Taking or taking photographs of stars outside the galaxy is a very difficult task. The best example of this is the red giant star Beltogue. Which is 764 times larger than the radius of our sun. It is 650 light years away from us. The light becomes so blurred in the images that scientists are unable to understand the changes that occur in the light.
His photo was deleted using new technology.
The star WOH G64 is three times larger than Betelgeuse. But the distance is 250 times greater than that of our Earth. That’s why it looks very small and blurry. Onaka and his colleagues have been studying this star for many years. To do this, these people created a new GRAVITY technology. To be able to take pictures of small, blurry things.
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This star is going through its last days.
Since 2020, Onaka and his team are busy taking a picture of this star. We were constantly cleaning it. Upon study, it was discovered that this star is in that stage where the lamp flickers before going out. Similarly, this star is also fluttering at this time. Light continually comes out of it. Dust is coming out. Whose clouds are forming everywhere. These clouds are extremely radioactive, hot and highly illuminated.
