AG Carinae
![On a background dotted with small stars, AG Carinae appears as a giant eye in the sky. At the center is a bright white ball of light, and surrounding it is a ring of electric blue light and pale red light.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/STScI-01F3N9K6PR8B5Y9CZ2QD7ASQPT-detail.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
April 23, 2021
Credit | NASA, ESA, STScI |
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Historical Date | April 23, 2021 |
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The mighty blue giant AG Carinae is one of the brightest stars in our Milky Way galaxy. It shines with the brilliance of 1 million suns. The Hubble Space Telescope snapped an image of this particularly large outburst.
More information: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2021/news-2021-017