Zeta Ophiuchi -- Runaway Star Plowing through Space Dust
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.
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NASA ID
PIA13455
Date Created
January 24, 2011
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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