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Wide-field view of the sky around the exotic binary star system AR Scorpii — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Wide-field view of the sky around the exotic binary star system AR Scorpii

July 27, 2016 · ESA/Hubble · Scorpius

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This wide-field image from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 shows the rich starfields surrounding the exotic binary star system AR Scorpii.