Luis Calçada (@surround) • Hey
Luis Calçada (@surround) • Hey
Publications
- My latest illustration for the European Southern Observatory.
HD 45166, a massive star recently discovered to have a powerful magnetic field of 43 000 gauss, the strongest magnetic field ever found in a massive star. Intense winds of particles blowing away from the star are trapped by this magnetic field, enshrouding the star in a gaseous shell as illustrated here.
Astronomers believe that this star will end its life as a magnetar, a compact and highly magnetic stellar corpse. As HD 45166 collapses under its own gravity, its magnetic field will strengthen, and the star will eventually become a very compact core with a magnetic field of around 100 trillion gauss — the most powerful type of magnet in the Universe.
HD 45166 is part of a binary system. In the background, we get a glimpse of HD 45166’s companion, a normal blue star that has been found to orbit at a far larger distance than previously reported.
#astronomy #space #illustration #sciencevisualization
- Some of my recent work, for the European Southern Observatory
#astronomy #astrophotography #science #sciencevisualization
- The heart of the milky way, just outside the residencia of the Paranal Observatory, that houses the VLT — the Very Large Telescope.
- AI generated B&W photography.
#midjourney prompt portrait of old woman in soviet russia in the 1950s by vladimir sokolaev, bokeh, 50mm lens, realistic, creepy, odd.
- AI generated, old couple.
#midjourney #bw #aiphotography
- Hello world.