The blue supergiant star LS1 (artist’s impression)
This short clip shows an animation of the B-type supergiant star LS1 which was discovered with the help of gravitational lensing. These stars are extremely luminous and blue in colour, with a surface temperature between 11 000 and 14 000 degrees Celsius; making them more than twice as hot as the Sun.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser
About the Video
Id: | heic1807d |
Release date: | 2 April 2018, 17:00 |
Related releases: | heic1807 |
Duration: | 31 s |
Frame rate: | 30 fps |