List of stars with resolved images

The following is a list of stars whose images have been resolved beyond a point source. Aside from the Sun, stars are exceedingly small in apparent size, requiring the use of special high-resolution equipment to image. For example, the first star, other than the Sun, to be directly imaged was Betelgeuse. It has an angular diameter of only 50 milliarcseconds (mas).[1]

List

An incomplete list is as follows:

Star Angular diameter Radius (R☉) Distance Imager Notes
The Sun 30 arcminutes 1 1 au Resolvable with the naked eye.
Also, see solar telescope
Proxima Centauri 1.02 ± 0.08 mas 0.141 ± 0.007 4.246 ± 0.006 ly Very Large Telescope
Alpha Centauri 8.511 ± 0.020 mas (A component)
6.001 ± 0.034 mas (B component)		 1.224 ± 0.003 (A component)
0.863 ± 0.005 (B component)		 4.37 ly Kervella et al.[2] Nearest star system visible with naked eye.
Altair 3.2 mas 1.66 ± 0.01 (polar)
2.02 ± 0.01 (equator)		 16.77 ± 0.08 ly CHARA array - MIRC[3]
Rasalhague (Alpha Ophiuchi A) 2.39 ± 0.01 (polar)
2.87 ± 0.02 (equator)		 48.6 ± 0.8 ly CHARA array - MIRC[4]
Alderamin (Alpha Cephei) 1.35 ± 0.02 mas (polar)
1.75 ± 0.03 mas (equatorial)		 2.20 ± 0.04 (polar)
2.74 ± 0.04 (equator)		 48.8 ± 0.36 ly CHARA array - MIRC[4]
Beta Cassiopeiae 1.70 ± 0.04 mas 3.1 ± 0.1 (polar)
3.8 ± 0.1 (equator)		 54.7 ± 0.3 ly CHARA array - MIRC[5]
Regulus (Alpha Leonis A) 1.24 ± 0.02 mas 3.2 ± 0.1 (polar)
4.2 ± 0.1 (equator)		 79.3 ± 0.7 ly CHARA array - MIRC[5]
Algol (Beta Persei) 0.88 ± 0.05 mas (Aa1 component)
1.12 ± 0.07 mas (Aa2 component)
0.56 ± 0.10 mas (Ab component)		 4.13 (Aa1 component)
3 (Aa2 component)
0.9 (Ab component)		 93 ± 2 ly CHARA array - MIRC[6] Observed radius of component Ab is an instrumental artifact, caused by bandwidth smearing. Actual radius is 1.73 ± 0.33 R☉.
R Doradus 57 ± 5 mas 370 ± 50 204 ± 9 ly New Technology Telescope[7]
Mira (Omicron Ceti) 50 mas up to 700 420 ly Hubble - FOC[8]
T Leporis 500 ly Very Large Telescope - VLTI[9]
Betelgeuse 50 mas 630 643 ± 146 ly
Beta Lyrae 0.46 mas (A component) 6 (A component) 960 ± 50 ly CHARA array - MIRC[13]
Theta1 Orionis C 1400 ly Very Large Telescope - GRAVITY[14][15]
Epsilon Aurigae 2.27 mas (A component) 3.7 ± 0.7 (A component)
5.9 ± 0.1 (B component)		 ca. 2000 ly CHARA array - MIRC[16]
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See also

References

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  2. ↑ https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0303634
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  5. 1 2 X. Che; et al. (2011). "Colder And Hotter: Interferometric Imaging Of Beta Cassiopeiae And ?lpha Leonis". The Astrophysical Journal. 732: 68. Bibcode:2011ApJ...732...68C. arXiv:1105.0740 Freely accessible. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/732/2/68.
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  8. ↑ "Hubble Separates Stars in the Mira Binary System". HubbleSite. 6 August 1997. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Hundred metre virtual telescope captures unique detailed colour image". European Southern Observatory. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
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  11. ↑ "Sharpest views of Betelgeuse reveal how supergiant stars lose mass". European Southern Observatory. 29 July 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "The Flames of Betelgeuse". European Southern Observatory. 23 June 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  13. ↑ M. Zhao; et al. (2008). "First Resolved Images Of The Eclipsing And Interacting Binary Beta Lyrae". The Astrophysical Journal. 684: L95. Bibcode:2008ApJ...684L..95Z. arXiv:0808.0932 Freely accessible. doi:10.1086/592146.
  14. ↑ "The orbit of Theta1 Orionis C". European Southern Observatory. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  15. ↑ "GRAVITY discovers new double star in Orion Trapezium cluster". European Southern Observatory. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
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