Wide-field view of the sky around CK Vulpeculae (image)

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA)

Caption

This wide-field view shows the sky around the location of the historical exploding star CK Vulpeculae. The remains of the nova are only very faintly visible at the center of this picture.

Credit

ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

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