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Hubble captures star explosion over four years

submitted by atara

9 years 7 months 1 week ago

From YT: Nasa's Hubble telescope captures breathtaking images of the Monocerotis star's explosion and its aftermath over a span of four years

In early 2002, astronomers witnessed an enormous explosion emanating from V838 Monocerotis, a red star located some 20,000 light years away from the Earth's Sun.

As it burst, V838 created an expanding light echo -- where light from a stellar explosionbounces off dust surrounding the star -- which the Hubble telescope captured in a series of images between 2002 and 2006.

The light eruption was so bright that for a while it was one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way.

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Amazing... watched this three times... I find my head spins a little trying to think about the size and scope of what i'm seeing.

Once again, nature at its most destructive displays its greatest beauty. Gorgeous!

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ForgedReality says...

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I always have to internally read incorrect forms as "it apostrophe s" because it annoys me so much.

Once again, nature at it's most destructive displays it's greatest beauty. Gorgeous!

The biggest smoke ring EVER.

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00Scud00 says...

Looks like the galaxy's biggest moneyshot.

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