Nova Cygni 1992
The European Space Agency's ESA Faint Object Camera utilizing the corrective optics provided by NASA's COSTAR (Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement), has given astronomers their best look yet at a rapidly ballooning bubble of gas blasted off a star.
The shell surrounds Nova Cygni 1992, which erupted on February 19, 1992. A nova is a thermonuclear explosion that occurs on the surface of a white dwarf star in a double star system.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | Nova Cygni 1992 |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable : Nova |
| Distance: | 5500 light years |
| Category: | Stars |
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Hubble Space Telescope
FOC |