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Institute of Science and Technology Austria

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A three-panel artist’s impression of a star being stripped by a binary companion. The third panel depicts the stage when these stars are observed in the present work. Stills from a movie.

Link to the video on the ESO website (multiple resolutions available for download): https://www.eso.org/public/videos/eso1230a/

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© ESO/L. Calçada/M. Kornmesser/S.E. de Mink

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