Zooming into HR 6819

This video starts by showing a wide-field view of a region of the sky in the constellation of Telescopium. It then zooms in to show HR 6819, a triple system with two stars visible to the naked eye and a black hole, the closest ever found to Earth.

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Credit:
ESO/L. Calçada, Digitized Sky Survey 2, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org). Music: Astral Electronic

Видео Zooming into HR 6819 канала European Southern Observatory (ESO)