Super Nova Captured by Hubble

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IRAS 07015-0346, V838 Mon
Hubble watches light echo from mysterious erupting star

This is the first in a sequence of four pictures from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys that dramatically demonstrates the echoing of light through space caused by an unusual stellar outburst in January 2002.

The image was taken 17 December 2002. The image is combined from exposures taken through blue (B), green (V), and infrared (I) filters.

Hubble watches light echo from mysterious erupting star

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Hubble watches light echo from mysterious erupting star
26 March 2003


ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)













Location of V838 Mon in the Milky Way Galaxy



V838 Mon before and during outburst



Star V838 Monocerotis - April 30, 2002





Hubble watches light echo from mysterious erupting star