A vampiric star

This animation shows the artist’s impression of a vampiric star. The two stars in this binary system are extremely different: A tiny white dwarf and a gigantic red giant star. The latter is expelling its outer layers into space where the white dwarf is siphoning this material into a disc of material surrounding it. The material then spirals down from this disc onto the white dwarf.

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ESO/M. Kornmesser

O filmie

Identyfikator:eso1840d
Data publikacji:12 grudnia 2018 14:00
Powiązane komunikaty:eso1840
Czas trwania:16 s
Frame rate:30 fps

O obiekcie

Nazwa:R Aquarii
Typ:Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable
Kategoria:Stars

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