2002年1月、太陽の約60万倍の光を発した麒麟座にあるV848の超新星爆発の写真。
ハッブル宇宙望遠鏡から撮影されたもの。
In January 2002, a dull star in an obscure constellation suddenly became 600,000 times more luminous than our Sun, temporarily making it the brightest star in our Milky Way galaxy. The mysterious star, called V838 Monocerotis, has long since faded back to obscurity. But observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of a phenomenon called a "light echo" around the star have uncovered remarkable new features. These details promise to provide astronomers with a CAT-scan-like probe of the three-dimensional structure of shells of dust surrounding an aging star.
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Author：NASA, ESA and H.E. Bond (STScI)
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