Stellar Mystique and Violence


	Stellar Mystique and Violence

Kelika

12-31-2008 10:18 PM

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Kelika says:

""Originally believed to be a typical nova eruption, it was then realized to be something completely different. The reason for the outburst is still uncertain..."

This animation is a morph between a number of Hubble images, showing the light echoes expanding around the star (reflected from nebulas and other stellar material expelled earlier)"

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