ESOcast 221 Light: ESO Telescope Sees Signs of Planet Birth

Observations with ESO’s SPHERE instrument on the Very Large Telescope have revealed the telltale signs of a star system being born.

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The ESOcast Light is a series of short videos bringing you the wonders of the Universe in bite-sized pieces. The ESOcast Light episodes will not be replacing the standard, longer ESOcasts, but complement them with current astronomy news and images in ESO press releases.

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ESO.

Directed by: Herbert Zodet.
Editing: Herbert Zodet.
Web and technical support: Gurvan Bazin and Raquel Yumi Shida.
Written by: Caitlyn Buongiorno, Stephanie Rowlands and Bárbara Ferreira.
Music: tonelabs (www.tonelabs.com) – The Red North.
Footage and photos: ESO, Boccaletti et al., L. Calçada, Digitized Sky Survey 2, N. Risinger (skysurvey.org), M. Kornmesser and C. Malin (christophmalin.com).
Scientific consultants: Paola Amico and Mariya Lyubenova.

About the Video

Id:eso2008a
Release date:20 May 2020, 14:00
Related releases:eso2008
Duration:01 m 26 s
Frame rate:25 fps

About the Object

Name:AB Aurigae
Type:Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable
Category:ESOcast
Stars

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