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DescriptionHD 179821.jpg	English: HD 179821, a massive bright star in the Aquila constellation and a supernova candidate
Date	25 December 2012, 15:21:13
Source	Hubble Legacy Archive
Author	Hubble Legacy Archive

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current	21:05, 26 June 2016		470 × 464 (17 KB)	Lithopsian	Reprocessed from the original data
	09:53, 25 December 2012		390 × 329 (22 KB)	Titodutta	User created page with UploadWizard