Hubble Watches Super Star Create Holiday Light Show (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Hubble Watches Super Star Create Holiday Light Show

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This festive NASA Hubble Space Telescope image resembles a holiday wreath made of sparkling lights. The bright southern hemisphere star RS Puppis, at the center of the image, is swaddled in a gossamer cocoon of reflective dust illuminated by the glittering star.

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NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-Hubble/Europe Collab.

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