Image:Mira 1997.jpg
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This image by the Hubble Space Telescope displays an asymmetrical shape of the red giant star Mira. This may be due to expansion-contraction cycles, or else unresolved surface features. |
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August 6, 1997 |
| Author |
Margarita Karovska (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and NASA |
| Permission (Reusing this image) |
NASA image |
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This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA and the European Space Agency. Hubble material is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that NASA and ESA is credited as the source of the material. The material was created for NASA by STScI under Contract NAS5-26555 and for ESA by the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre. [1] or [2]. |
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| current | 19:57, 25 August 2006 | 350×350 (10 KB) | RJHall | (Red Giant Star Mira's Football Shape) |
