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Thursday, December 6, 2012

Garnet Star

 

Mu Cephei is a red supergiant star in the constellation Cepheus. 1300 Solar radii !
It is one of the largest and most luminous stars known in our  Milky Way Galaxy.
It appears garnet red .
30 x 1 minute exposures stack in DSS.
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