This is an image of the star WOH G64, taken by the GRAVITY instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO’s VLTI). This is the first close-up ...

First catalogued in 1981, WOH G64 sits some 160,000 light years from Earth in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. It is one of the biggest red supergiants ...

Limited-time Amazon deals – don’t miss out! The star, named WOH G64, resides in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way approximately 160,000 light-years away.

Astronomers from the European Southern Observatory in Chile have captured a unique image of the star WOH G64, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, about 160,000 light-years from Earth.