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Misty Star in the Sea Serpent Artist Concept
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About this work
This artist concept, based on data from NASA Herschel telescope, illustrates an icy planet-forming disk around a young star called TW Hydrae, located about 175 light-years away in the Hydra, or Sea Serpent, constellation.
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Credit lineMisty Star in the Sea Serpent Artist Concept. NASA/JPL, 2011-10-20. Public domain. ID: PIA14870.
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