First zoomed-in image of a star beyond our galaxy

from Star Diary · host BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Astronomers have, for the first time ever, captured a close-up image of a star beyond our home Galaxy. WOH G64 is located 160,000 lightyears away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. Astronomer Jacco van Loon reveals how the team captured the image, and why it's so important. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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