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ophiucus constellation
Pictures: Bruce Balick (University of Washington), Vincent Icke (Leiden University, The Netherlands), Garrelt Mellema (Stockholm University), and NASA |

Ophiucus Constellation

About 2,100 light-years away in the constellation Ophiucus, a pair of stars dances dangerously close. The stronger partner may be robbing its mate of material and flinging it like a disc into space. Astronomers estimate gas is being expelled from this butterfly nebula at more than 200 miles per second.
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