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the star would extend for hundreds of millions of miles

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

He has spent the past 25 years developing a telescope that could take this photo

It is actually a triple-star system located some 500 light-years away

Tarantula Nebula Wall Art including Frame T-shirts the star would extend forOne square degree image of the Tarantula Nebula and its surroundings. The spidery nebula is seen in the upper centre of the image. Slightly to the lower right, a web of filaments harbours the famous supernova SN 1987A. Many other reddish nebulae are visible in the image, as well as a cluster of young stars on the left, known as NGC 2100. Credit: ESO R. Fosbury (ST ECF)