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Hubble watches light echo from mysterious erupting star (May 2002 image)

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This is the first in a sequence of four pictures from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys that dramatically demonstrates the echoing of light through space caused by an unusal stellar outburst in January 2002.

The image was taken on 20 May 2002. The image is combined from exposures taken through blue (B), green (V), and infrared (I) filters.

Credit: NASA, European Space Agency, and H.E. Bond (STScI)

 

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Id:heic0304b / opo0310b
Object:V838 Mon, IRAS 07015-0346
Type:Star, Nebula
Instru-ment:ACS
Width:1651
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