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- "The bright oval at the centre of this image is a dusty cocoon that enshrouds the star." So, this isn't actually the emitting surface (photosphere) of the st
by perihelions 2y ago
- "The bright oval at the centre of this image is a dusty cocoon that enshrouds the star."
So, this isn't actually the emitting surface (photosphere) of the star, but a dust cloud about 10,000x larger than the star.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOH_G64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WOH_G64