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Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 9:00 am Post subject: WIRED Space Photo of the Day: Flickering RS Puppis |
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This festive NASA Hubble Space Telescope image resembles a holiday wreath made of sparkling lights. The bright southern hemisphere star RS Puppis, at the center of the image, is swaddled in a gossamer cocoon of reflective dust illuminated by the glittering star. The super star is ten times more massive than our Sun and 200 times larger. <div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'> </td></tr></table></div><br/><br/> <br/> <br/> <br/><br/>
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