The research today has nothing to do with the Star of Bethlehem but the picture shows the immediate reason for that reference.
Note: why do many NASA images look like they were shot with a cheesy diffraction grate filter to put the beams around them? Any photographer knows that kind of filter since it's often the first any will use unless they just play with mobile cams.
The bright object seen in this Hubble image is a single and little-studied star named TYC 3203-450-1, located in the constellation of Lacerta (The Lizard). The star is much closer than the much more distant galaxy.
Credit: NASA/ Hubble ESA
As to the science in the article, that was it. The star is brighter because it's closer. Well.
Only this way can a normal star outshine an entire galaxy, consisting of billions of stars. Astronomers studying distant objects call these stars "foreground stars" and they are often not very happy about them, as their bright light is contaminating the faint light from the more distant and interesting objects they actually want to study.
In this case, TYC 3203-450-1 is million times closer than NGC 7250, which lies more than 45 million light-years away from us. If the star were the same distance from us as NGC 7250, it would hardly be visible in this image.
- Science Daily: Hubble's bright shining lizard star
They outdid themselves with the title this time since there's almost no informational value in it. This isn't some Lizard Star but rather it's next to the Lizard Galaxy. It's not bright; it's just closer than the galaxy.
The Rockhouse has great respect for the content provided by Science Daily but some articles are definitely more useful than others.
Ed: nice star, tho
Yah, nice star
Note: why do many NASA images look like they were shot with a cheesy diffraction grate filter to put the beams around them? Any photographer knows that kind of filter since it's often the first any will use unless they just play with mobile cams.
The bright object seen in this Hubble image is a single and little-studied star named TYC 3203-450-1, located in the constellation of Lacerta (The Lizard). The star is much closer than the much more distant galaxy.
Credit: NASA/ Hubble ESA
As to the science in the article, that was it. The star is brighter because it's closer. Well.
Only this way can a normal star outshine an entire galaxy, consisting of billions of stars. Astronomers studying distant objects call these stars "foreground stars" and they are often not very happy about them, as their bright light is contaminating the faint light from the more distant and interesting objects they actually want to study.
In this case, TYC 3203-450-1 is million times closer than NGC 7250, which lies more than 45 million light-years away from us. If the star were the same distance from us as NGC 7250, it would hardly be visible in this image.
- Science Daily: Hubble's bright shining lizard star
They outdid themselves with the title this time since there's almost no informational value in it. This isn't some Lizard Star but rather it's next to the Lizard Galaxy. It's not bright; it's just closer than the galaxy.
The Rockhouse has great respect for the content provided by Science Daily but some articles are definitely more useful than others.
Ed: nice star, tho
Yah, nice star
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