{"id":29749,"date":"2023-11-26T12:46:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T22:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eso1523a.jpg"},"modified":"2023-11-26T12:50:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T22:50:14","slug":"vlt-sphere-image-of-the-star-l2-puppis-and-its-surroundings","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=29749","title":{"rendered":"VLT\/SPHERE image of the star L2 Puppis and its surroundings"},"author":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eso1523a.jpg'><img width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eso1523a-600x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"VLT\/SPHERE image of the star L2 Puppis and its surroundings\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eso1523a-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eso1523a-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eso1523a-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eso1523a.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of the sharpest images ever made with ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope have for the first time revealed what appears to be an ageing star in the early stages of forming a butterfly-like planetary nebula. These observations of the red giant star L2 Puppis from the ZIMPOL mode of the newly installed SPHERE instrument also reveal a close companion. The dying stages of the lives of stars continue to pose many riddles for astronomers.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>A VLT\/SPHERE image of L<sup>2<\/sup> Puppis showing the enveloping cloud of gas and dust representing a newly formed planetary nebula.  Image credit ESO\/P. Kervella used under Creative Commons 4.0<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"VLT\/SPHERE image of the star L2 Puppis and its surroundings","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1280,"height":1280,"file":"2023\/11\/eso1523a.jpg","filesize":38499,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"eso1523a-600x600.jpg","width":600,"height":600,"filesize":19397,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eso1523a-600x600.jpg"},"large":{"file":"eso1523a-1200x1200.jpg","width":1200,"height":1200,"filesize":34773,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eso1523a-1200x1200.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"eso1523a-200x200.jpg","width":200,"height":200,"filesize":12978,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eso1523a-200x200.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"eso1523a-1200x1200.jpg","width":1200,"height":1200,"filesize":34773,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eso1523a-1200x1200.jpg"},"full":{"file":"eso1523a.jpg","width":1280,"height":1280,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eso1523a.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"ESO\/P. Kervella","camera":"","caption":"Some of the sharpest images ever made with ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope have for the first time revealed what appears to be an ageing star in the early stages of forming a butterfly-like planetary nebula. These observations of the red giant star L2 Puppis from the ZIMPOL mode of the newly installed SPHERE instrument also reveal a close companion. The dying stages of the lives of stars continue to pose many riddles for astronomers.","created_timestamp":"1433937600","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"VLT\/SPHERE image of the star L2 Puppis and its surroundings","orientation":"0","keywords":["L2 Puppis"]}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/eso1523a.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darkerview.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29749"}]}}