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

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This is the second 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 unusual stellar outburst in January 2002.

The image was taken 2 September 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:heic0304c / opo0310c
Object:V838 Mon, IRAS 07015-0346
Type:Star, Nebula
Instru-ment:ACS
Width:1651
Height:1651

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