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PIA04609: Celestial Fireworks
Celestial Fireworks
Mission: Hubble Space Telescope
Spacecraft: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: Wide Field Planetary Camera 2
Product Size: 2603 samples x 2783 lines
Produced By: Space Telescope Science Institute
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Full-Res JPEG: PIA04609.jpg (871.3 kB)

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Resembling sparks from a fireworks display, this image taken by a JPL camera onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows delicate filaments that are sheets of debris from a stellar explosion in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.


Image Credit:
NASA/JPL/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

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