VFTS 102: The Fastest Rotating Massive Star Men's Organic Cotton T-Shirt Color:Black 15 x 5 arcminutes

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The most distant slopes in the scene are higher levels of Mount Sharp

based on images obtained with the Wide-Field Imager camera on the MPG/ESO 2

Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/SDO

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VFTS 102: The Fastest Rotating Massive Star Men's Organic Cotton T-Shirt Color:Black 15 x 5 arcminutesThis view shows part of the stellar nursery called the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small neighbour of the Milky Way. At the centre lies the brilliant star VFTS 102 This view includes both visible light and infrared images from the Wide Field Imager at the MPG ESO 2. 2 metre telescope at La Silla and the 4. 1 metre infrared VISTA telescope at Paranal. VFTS 102 is the most rapidly rotating star ever found. Credit: ESO M. R. Cioni