SGR 1900+14

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SGR 1900+14 is a soft gamma repeater (SGR), located in the constellation of Aquila about 20,000 light-years away. It is assumed to be an example of an intensely magnetic star, known as a magnetar. It is thought to have formed after a fairly recent supernova explosion.

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Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/S. Wachter (Spitzer Science Center), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.