Click through the gallery to see this week's helping of the best the universe has to offer. And if you need more when you’re done but can’t wait until the next one, here’s the entire collection.
Space Photos of the Week: A Star Like Rainbow Brite, Only a Bit Bigger
Space photos of the week, February 28–March 5, 2016.
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This is a gorgeous emission-line star called IRAS 12196-6300. The emission lines are a spectrum of dispersed light, which appear as rainbow streaks with dark and bright lines. The wispy clouds are reflection nebulae, when dust and other material reflects the light of nearby stars.
