Hubble Uncovers Brilliant Star in Milky Way's Core
Depicts: One of the brightest stars in the Galaxy
Copyright: Don F. Figer (UCLA), and NASA
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One of the intrinsically brightest stars in our galaxy appears as
the bright white dot in the center of this image taken with
the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble's Near Infrared Camera
and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) was needed to take the
picture, because the star is hidden at the galactic center,
behind obscuring dust. NICMOS' infrared vision penetrated
the dust to reveal the star, which is glowing with the radiance
of 10 million suns.
Last Update: 1 September 2019