Vigorous atmospheric motion in the red supergiant star Antares

K. Ohnaka (), G. Weigelt and K.-H. Hofmann
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K. Ohnaka: Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Católica del Norte, Avenida Angamos 0610
G. Weigelt: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
K.-H. Hofmann: Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie

Nature, 2017, vol. 548, issue 7667, 310-312

Abstract: Mapping the velocity of the gas at the surface and in the atmosphere of the nearby red supergiant star Antares reveals vigorous motion of several huge gas clumps in an extended atmosphere, which cannot be fully explained by convection.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/nature23445

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