00:04we all know what stars look like right but what if i told you this wild image of reds and
00:08purples
00:09greens and yellows is actually an image captured by a telescope looking at one of them this image
00:13was captured by one of gemini south telescope's newest bits of tech the gemini high resolution
00:18optical spectrograph or ghost the telescope was pointed at a star with the very catchy name hd
00:24222925 and the image is a high resolution capture of the light being emitted by it in
00:29every optical spectrum of light known to man astronomers say while this is the instrument's
00:33first outing in the future it will likely be a quote essential component of the astronomer's toolbox
00:38that's because the light tells us more about a star than just its composition science alert reports
00:43that it can reveal the star's movement and how it's spinning or oscillating and the content of
00:47the light can also tell astronomers how old it is and where it came from this star is around 1460
00:53light years away and a spectral analysis has already shown that it has the most complex composition
00:57ever discovered in a star made up of some 65 different elements which experts say it likely formed when
01:04neutron stars collided or after a catastrophic supernova
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