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Volume 155, Number 16 (April 17, 1999)

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Blocking light to get a sharper image

Using a novel technique that divides the world's largest visible-light telescope into 36 light detectors, astronomers have observed a curious spiral pattern of dust around a bright, relatively nearby star.

References:

Tuthill, P.G., J.D. Monnier, and W.C. Danchi. 1999. A dusty pinwheel nebula around the massive star WR104. Nature 398(April 8):487.

Sources:

Peter G. Tuthill
University of California, Berkeley
Space Sciences Laboratory
Berkeley, CA 94720-7450

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 16, April 17, 1999, p. 255. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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