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ESOcast 185 Light - Cosmic Serpent - HD

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Michael500ca

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The VISIR camera on ESO’s VLT captured this stunning image of a newly-discovered massive binary star system. Nicknamed Apep after an ancient Egyptian deity, it could be the first gamma-ray burst progenitor to be found in our galaxy.

https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1838/

https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1838a/

Credit/Courtesy: ESO

Keywords & Tags

#space #astronomy #science #visir #vlt #very #large #telescope #binary #star #system #apep #gamma #ray #burst #galaxy #2XMM #J160050.7-514245 #universe

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