Great Balls of Fire! Hubble Sees Bright Knots Ejected from Brilliant Star
Resembling an aerial fireworks explosion, this dramatic NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope picture of the energetic star WR124 reveals it is surrounded by hot clumps of gas being ejected into space at speeds of over 150,000 kilometres per hour.
Resembling an aerial fireworks explosion, this dramatic NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope picture of the energetic star WR124 reveals it is surrounded by hot clumps of gas being ejected into space at speeds of over 100, 000 miles per hour (approx. 45 kilometres per second).
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| Id: | opo9838a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 5 November 1998, 15:00 |
| Size: | 611 x 641 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Merril's Star, WR 124 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Type : Wolf-Rayet • Milky Way : Nebula |
| Distance: | 10000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
