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Carbon Star CW Leonis Dissolve Sequence
This is a time-lapse set of images of the aging red giant star CW Leonis, taken on three dates: 2001, 2011, and 2016. The star is embedded inside gossamer cobwebs of dust encircling the star. These are really shells of carbon dust blown off the star. As they expand into space they change shape, as seen between the Hubble Space Telescope exposures. Brilliant searchlight beams from the star's surface poke through the dust. These beams change orientation through the different dates the Hubble photographs were taken.
- Release DateOctober 28, 2021
- Science ReleaseHubble Celebrates Halloween With A Glowering, Dying Star
- CreditESA/Hubble, NASA, STScI; Acknowledgment: Toshiya Ueta (University of Denver), Hyosun Kim (KASI), Mahdi Zamani
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Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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