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"Light Echo" Illuminates Dust Around Supergiant Star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon). This image, obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on February 8, 2004, is Hubble's latest view of an expanding halo of light around a distant star, named V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon). The illumination of interstellar dust comes from the red supergiant star at the middle of the image, which gave off a flashbulb-like pulse of light two years ago. V838 Mon is located about 20,000 light-years away from Earth in the direction of the constellation Monoceros, placing the star at the outer edge of our Milky Way galaxy.

Unique Identifier AA573541

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 2238px × 2448px

Photo Credit F&A Archive / Art Resource, NY

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