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Image of the Day: A Red Giant Exploding at 3 Million MPH

December 27th, 2010

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This composite X-ray (blue)/optical (red and green) image reveals dramatic details of a portion of the Crescent Nebula, a giant gaseous shell created by powerful winds blowing from the massive star HD 192163 (a.k.a. WR 136, the star is out of the field of view -see image below).

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