Most detailed star image yet

[N1]

...other than of the Sun

https://www.eso.org/public/usa/images/eso1726a/?lang

[tileys]

That is so cool - makes you go a bit boss-eyed looking at it though. Hopefully someone on the team wont say - oops - sorry guys - it was just out of focus ;)

[xelasnave]

I find the band interesting.
I wonder how it lines up with rotation. And is it because of temp variation or magnetic effect or what.

Alex

[N1]

Yes Alex there is some debate around that, and it's not entirely clear what's happening there - "quickly moving gas clumps"?!:

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2017/08/mind-bogglingly-detailed-image-of-a-nearby-star-introduces-an-unexpected-mystery/

[Visionary]

I had thought that Stars could be no more than pin-points of light?

[Bendy]

Hi David :)

Just saw this wiki page which lists stars that have been resolvable beyond point source, it turns out that there is a few:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_with_resolved_images