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Variable stars in Hubble's sky


Satellite: Hubble Space Telescope
Copyright: ESA/Hubble & NASA, B. Merin

This animation shows a patch of the sky as observed by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Some of the stars in this animation are variable stars, and appear to change their brightness over time; there are also several image artifacts that appear and disappear in the different frames (these are not variable sources).

Last Update: 24 September 2019
20-Apr-2026 13:21 UT

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