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Light Echoes from V838 Mon
Credit: H. Bond (STScI), A. Henden (USNO Flagstaff), Z. Levay (STScI), et al., ESA,
NASA
Explanation: Nominated for most mysterious star in the Milky Way, V838 Monocerotis
briefly became one of the brightest stars in our galaxy. Its outburst discovered in January
2002, observations have indicated that V838 Mon somehow transformed itself over a period
of months from a small under-luminous star a little hotter than the Sun, to a
highly-lum
Credit: H. Bond (STScI), A. Henden (USNO Flagstaff), Z. Levay (STScI), et al., ESA,
NASA
Explanation: Nominated for most mysterious star in the Milky Way, V838 Monocerotis
briefly became one of the brightest stars in our galaxy. Its outburst discovered in January
2002, observations have indicated that V838 Mon somehow transformed itself over a period
of months from a small under-luminous star a little hotter than the Sun, to a
highly-lum