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Nacimiento de una estrella rezagada azul

[Left] - A normal star in a binary system gravitationally pulls in matter from an aging companion star that has swelled to a bloated red giant that has expanded to a few hundred times its original size.[Right] - After a couple hundred million years, the red giant star has burned...

Fecha
Jan 1, 2015
Misión
Hubble Space Telescope
ID de archivo
hubblesite-images-2015-43-3659-image
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[Left] - A normal star in a binary system gravitationally pulls in matter from an aging companion star that has swelled to a bloated red giant that has expanded to a few hundred times its original size.

[Right] - After a couple hundred million years, the red giant star has burned out and collapsed to the white dwarf that shines intensely in ultraviolet wavelengths. The companion star has bulked up on the hydrogen siphoned off of the red giant star to become much hotter, brighter, and bluer than it was previously.

Credits

NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI)

Detalles de la imagen

About The Object
Object NameNGC 188
Object DescriptionOpen star cluster with blue stragglers
R.A. Position00h 47m 27.5s
Dec. Position+85° 16' 10.7"
ConstellationCepheus
Distance540 light-years (1,770 parsecs)
About The Data
Data DescriptionThese data were obtained via the HST proposal GO:, PI: R. Mathieu (University of Wisconsin, Madison) et al. The science team comprises: N. Gosnell (University of Texas, Austin), R. Mathieu (University of Wisconsin, Madison), A. Geller (Northwestern University and University of Chicago), A. Sills (McMaster University), N. Leigh (University of Alberta and American Museum of Natural History), and C. Knigge (University of Southampton, UK).
InstrumentHST>ACS/SBC
Exposure DatesOctober 3 - November 23, 2012

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