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This illustration shows what the luminous blue variable star in the Kinman Dwarf galaxy could have looked like before its mysterious disappearance. A ‘luminous blue variable’ star some 2.5 million times brighter than the Sun. Stars of this type are unstable, showing occasional dramatic shifts in their spectra and brightness.
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Created in Cinema 4D, with X-Particles (ExplosiaFX for the volumetric gas) and After Effects.