White Dwarf and its Companion (IMAGE)

European Space Agency

White Dwarf and its Companion

Caption

This is an illustration of the white dwarf and its companion HD49798. If it was possible to look at the system up-close, it would look something like this.

Credit

Francesco Mereghetti, background image: NASA, ESA and T.M. Brown (STScI)

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