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Most Detailed View of Another Star: Antares

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Knight of Clear Skies

Knight of Clear Skies

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While looking up details on Rho Ophiuchi  off the back of this thread I came across this image of Antares taken with the VLTI.

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There is also an artist's impression of this data on the ESO site.

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The convection cells on red giants can be enormous compared in proportion to those on the Sun. I believe this may have been the reason for the recent dimming and brightening of Betelgeuse, can anyone confirm that please?

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