Star Diary

First zoomed-in image of a star beyond our galaxy


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Astronomers have, for the first time ever, captured a close-up image of a star beyond our home Galaxy. WOH G64 is located 160,000 lightyears away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. Astronomer Jacco van Loon reveals how the team captured the image, and why it's so important.

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Star DiaryBy BBC Sky at Night Magazine

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