Hubble’s Holiday Wreath
The light from RS Puppis, a Cepheid variable star, brightens and dims on a six-week cycle, flickering through the surrounding dust in a “light echo.”
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The light from RS Puppis, a Cepheid variable star, brightens and dims on a six-week cycle, flickering through the surrounding dust in a “light echo.”