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

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


Depicts: Erupting star V838 Moncerotis
Copyright: NASA, European Space Agency, and H.E. Bond (STScI)

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.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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