Novae (IMAGE)

Michigan State University

Novae

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The star, marked by the lines on the right side of the photograph, is a real image of nova V906 Carinae taken at the Onjala Observatory in Africa. The image is actually both stars which make up the binary system of which the nova is part. However, they can't be distinguished from one another because they are so close together.

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Photo credit: Franz Hofmann and Wolfgang Paech.

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