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Description: This image by the Hubble Space Telescope displays an asymmetrical shape of the red giant star Mira. This may be due to expansion-contraction cycles, or else unresolved surface features.
Title: Mira 1997
Credit: HubbleSite STScI-1997-26
Author: Margarita Karovska (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and NASA
Permission: NASA image
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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