Tag Archive for 'HR 5171'

This image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows the yellow hypergiant HR 5271A. Image credit: A. Lobel / NASA / Spitzer Space Telescope / IRAC.

Study Sheds New Light on Evolution of Yellow Hypergiants

Oct 14, 2019 by News Staff

In a study published this month in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, astronomers analyzed the properties of four yellow hypergiant stars, including...

Astronomers Take Closer Look at Supergiant Binary Star HR 5171

Oct 5, 2017 by News Staff

Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) have captured striking images of HR 5171, a unique binary stellar system in the constellation...

The binary star system HR 5171 is the bright object just below the center of this wide-field image. Image credit: Digitized Sky Survey 2 / ESO.

European Astronomers Solve Mystery of Hypergiant Star HR 5171A

Jan 12, 2016 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers from Belgium and the Netherlands believe they have discovered the origin of mysterious blue light coming from the hypergiant star HR 5171A. The...