The Light Echo from Mysterious Erupting Star V838 Mon | Hubble
This is the first in a sequence of pictures from the NASA/European Space Agency 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.
Distance: 20,000 light years
The image was taken December 17, 2002. The image is combined from exposures taken through blue (B), green (V), and infrared (I) filters.
Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and H.E. Bond (STScI)
Release Date: March 26, 2003
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