T Leporis (IMAGE)

Yale University

T Leporis

Caption

This is an image of the pulsating star T Leporis, compared to the size of the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. T. Leporis is 500 light years away. Huge stars like this are causing the 'heartbeat' of the galaxy M87, 50 million light years away.

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ESO/J.-B. Le Bouquin et al.

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