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News Release 211 of 829

December 11, 2006 01:30 PM (EST)

News Release Number: STScI-2006-54

Heavyweight Stars Light Up Nebula NGC 6357

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Video still: Pismis 24- Double Star

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Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys High Resolution Channel image of Pismis 24-1 that reveals it is two stars.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain)