Hot Star at Center of Nebula NGC 2440

This photograph from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera presents the first clear view of one of the hottest known stars, the central star of nebula NGC 2440 in our Milky Way galaxy. The superhot star, called "the NGC 2440 nucleus" is the bright white dot in the center of this photograph. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
This photograph from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera presents the first clear view of one of the hottest known stars, the central star of nebula NGC 2440 in our Milky Way galaxy. The superhot star, called "the NGC 2440 nucleus" is the bright white dot in the center of this photograph. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
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