CW Leo Images Shown To Evolve Over 8 Years (IMAGE)

University of Sydney

CW Leo Images Shown To Evolve Over 8 Years

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High angular resolution images of IRC+10216 presented in several near infrared wavelengths spanning more than 8 years. Reconstructed from interferometric observations obtained at observatories with some of the largest telescopes in the world -- Keck and the VLT, as well as from stellar occultations by the rings of Saturn observed with the Cassini spacecraft.

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Paul Stewart, University of Sydney.

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