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File:Supernova 1987A- Halo for a Vanished Star (1995-49-374).tiff

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An eerie, nearly mirror-image pair of red luminescent gas "hula-hoops" frame the expanding debris of a star seen as a supernova explosion in 1987. (Image Released: April 1994)

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English: An eerie, nearly mirror-image pair of red luminescent gas "hula-hoops" frame the expanding debris of a star seen as a supernova explosion in 1987. (Image Released: April 1994)
Date 29 November 1995 (upload date)
Source Supernova 1987A: Halo for a Vanished Star
Author Credit: Dr. Christopher Burrows, ESA/STScI and NASA
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Galaxies; Supernovae; Stars; Magellanic Clouds

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