Zooming in on variable star RS Puppis

This video zooms in on the variable star RS Puppis. The sequence begins with a view of the night sky near the southern constellation of Puppis. It then zooms through observations from the Digitized Sky Survey 2, and ends with a view of the star as obtained by Hubble.

Credit:

NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Nick Risinger (skysurvey.org).
Music: movetwo.

About the Video

Id:heic1323f
Release date:17 December 2013, 16:00
Related releases:heic1323
Related announcements:ann1314
Duration:56 s
Frame rate:30 fps

About the Object

Name:RS Puppis
Type:Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable : Pulsating
Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Reflection : Light Echo
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Nebulae
Stars

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