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At center left, a faint spiral structure with wide bands has a dark, dusty center. To its right, a bright white star displays four prominent diffraction spikes. A handful of smaller, more distant background galaxies are also scatted throughout the image.

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At center left, a faint spiral structure with wide bands has a dark, dusty center. To its right, a bright white star displays four prominent diffraction spikes. A handful of smaller, more distant background galaxies are also scatted throughout the image.
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What is this dizzying, extremely dim spiral? An unusual nebula surrounds the star LL Pegasi, which itself is hidden in dust in this Hubble image. The spiral structure reflects the gravitational influence of a companion star in the binary system. Credit: ESA/NASA & R. Sahai.

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