This work depicts a Wolf–Rayet star surrounded by a ring nebula of expelled material. Wolf-Rayet stars are in the process of casting off their outer layers, resulting in their characteristic halos of gas and dust. It is one of the fastest and most luminous runaway stars in the Milky Way with a radial velocity around 200 km/s. This sculpture was inspired by the new images of WR124 taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The artist wanted to depict the movement of the supernova and the rings of star stuff being cast off during the explosion. The artist used a generative art technique using Webb data to place, scale, and position the spiky stars.
This work depicts a Wolf–Rayet star surrounded by a ring nebula of expelled material. Wolf-Rayet stars are in the process of casting off their outer layers, resulting in their characteristic halos of gas and dust. It is one of the fastest and most luminous runaway stars in the Milky Way with a radial velocity around 200 km/s. This sculpture was inspired by the new images of WR124 taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The artist wanted to depict the movement of the supernova and the rings of star stuff being cast off during the explosion. The artist used a generative art technique using Webb data to place, scale, and position the spiky stars.
This work depicts a Wolf–Rayet star surrounded by a ring nebula of expelled material. Wolf-Rayet stars are in the process of casting off their outer layers, resulting in their characteristic halos of gas and dust. It is one of the fastest and most luminous runaway stars in the Milky Way with a radial velocity around 200 km/s. This sculpture was inspired by the new images of WR124 taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The artist wanted to depict the movement of the supernova and the rings of star stuff being cast off during the explosion. The artist used a generative art technique using Webb data to place, scale, and position the spiky stars.
This work depicts a Wolf–Rayet star surrounded by a ring nebula of expelled material. Wolf-Rayet stars are in the process of casting off their outer layers, resulting in their characteristic halos of gas and dust. It is one of the fastest and most luminous runaway stars in the Milky Way with a radial velocity around 200 km/s. This sculpture was inspired by the new images of WR124 taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. The artist wanted to depict the movement of the supernova and the rings of star stuff being cast off during the explosion. The artist used a generative art technique using Webb data to place, scale, and position the spiky stars.