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30 points weberer | 1 comments | 22 Nov 24 10:43 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source

1. perihelions ◴[22 Nov 24 11:14 UTC] No.42212860[source]▶

- "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.

The first close-up picture of a star outside our own galaxy