Monday, 26 August 2013

Happy Birthday, Red Supergiant Star Monocerotis Cards


Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series

A gorgeous card featuring a distant star, named V838 Monocerotis, in the direction of the constellation of Monoceros on the outer edge of our Milky Way. The image shows the swirls of dust spiralling across trillions of miles of interstellar space, lit mainly from within by a pulse of light from the red supergiant, two years into its journey.

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Image code: monocerotis

Image credit: NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI) and ESA
via Zazzle Astronomy market place

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