| Issue |
A&A
Volume 704, December 2025
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| Article Number | A204 | |
| Number of page(s) | 16 | |
| Section | Stellar structure and evolution | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202556154 | |
| Published online | 10 December 2025 | |
VLTI observations of Orion Belt stars
I. ε Orionis★
1
Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Astronomical Institute, V Holešovičkách 2, CZ-180 00 Praha 8-Trója, Czech Republic
2
European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany
3
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
★★ Corresponding author: alzbeta.oplistilova@gmail.com
Received:
27
June
2025
Accepted:
15
October
2025
Massive stars play a decisive role in the evolution of the Universe. They are the primary sources of ionising radiation, generating strong stellar winds that affect the interstellar medium. They ultimately end their lives as supernovae, ejecting synthesised, r-process elements.
Key words: techniques: interferometric / stars: massive / stars: individual: Orion Belt / stars: individual: Eps Ori
© The Authors 2025
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