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Nov 30, 2009
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shell' star"



Astron.
a type of star showing bright emission lines superimposed on its normal absorption spectrum, presumably caused by a gaseous shell around the star.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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