This image is of V1025 Tauri, a triple star system in the Taurus Molecular Cloud some 400-450 light years away; its Gaia EDR3 is 788 ly but that seems unlikely. The photographer noticed some faint nebulosity around the star, took a chance, and ended up with this picture--as an object it is virtually unstudied, with only one other widely available picture that I'm aware of. (1/2)
#astrophotography #TTauri #VariableStar #astronomy
Credit: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
Hubble Sees a Brand New Triple Star System https://www.universetoday.com/167046/hubble-sees-a-brand-new-triple-star-system/ #hubblespacetelescope #stellarevolution #variablestars #variablestar #youngstar #taurus
Now is time for the spectrum of a Wolf-Rayet type of star: WR-7 also catalogued as V1687 Cyg.
It is a WC, meaning that it is a star rich in carbon. We can actually "see" the carbon and helium inner layers, because the intense stellar winds and a pronounced unstable hydrostatic equilibrium have expelled its outer hydrogen layers to interstellar space. The broad emission lines are trademark of these types of stars.
#Astrodon #astronomy #spectra #spectroscopy #science #space #stars #variablestar
Before the end 2022 (according to my time zone), allow me to share a final light curve for the rotational variable Star HD 251108.
These observations we're requested by the AAVSO in their Variable Alert #798.
May this domingo 2023 be full of amazing #astronomy discoveries, fun, and awe!
Testing my new #script for #variableStar #observation. Seems to pinpoint it. :-) #astronomy #astrophotography
Just did my first #photometric #variablestar #observation #report to #AAVSO. A new chapter in my #citizenScience endeavour.
