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Peony star
  ستاره‌ی ِ پیونیا  
Setâre-ye Payoniyâ
Fr.: Etiole Pivoine  

A peony-shaped nebula around the → Wolf-Rayet star WR 102ka as shown by the → Spitzer Space Telescope image at 24 μm. The formation of this infrared bright nebula is attributed to the recent evolutionary history of WR 102ka during → LBV-type eruptions and/or its strong → stellar wind
(see, e.g., A. Barniske et al. 2008, A&A 486, 971).

See also: → peony; → star.