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{{Information |Description={{en|1=Example of Heliosheath from Hubble Telescope image of Orion Nebula.}} |Source=http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/01/image/a |Author=NASA |Date=http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/01/