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Caption: Fig. 6.
Ground‐based images of SN 1987A from day 1998. Each image is 130﹩\arcsec﹩ on a side, in a standard orientation with north up, east to the left. The inset at bottom left is 10﹩\arcsec﹩ on a side. (a) Narrowband Hα image. The inset shows the extended nebula surrounding the SN, as well as stars 2 and 3. (b) F612 continuum‐only image of the same field as (a).
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