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Zeta Ophiuchi -- Runaway Star Plowing through Space Dust
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The blue star near the center of this image is Zeta Ophiuchi. Zeta Ophiuchi is actually a very massive, hot, bright blue star plowing its way through a large cloud of interstellar dust and gas in this image from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineZeta Ophiuchi -- Runaway Star Plowing through Space Dust. NASA/JPL, 2011-01-24. Public domain. ID: PIA13455.
