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"The Chandra image shows Mira A (right), a highly evolved red giant star, and Mira B (left), a white dwarf. Mira A is losing gas rapidly from its upper atmosphere via a stellar wind. Mira B exerts a gravitational tug that creates a gaseous bridge between the two stars. Gas from the wind and bridge accumulates in an accretion disk around Mira B and collisions between rapidly moving particles in the disk produce X-rays."
Scalebar: 0.3 arcsec.
Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO/M. Karovska et al.
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Description |
The Chandra image shows Mira A (right), a highly evolved red giant star, and Mira B (left), a white dwarf. Mira A is losing gas rapidly from its upper atmosphere via a stellar wind. Mira B exerts a gravitational tug that creates a gaseous bridge between the two stars. Gas from the wind and bridge accumulates in an accretion disk around Mira B and collisions between rapidly moving particles in the disk produce X-rays. |
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Source |
Chandra X-ray Observatory Photo Album Mira More Images of Mira at url=http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2005/mira/more.html |
Date |
April 28, 2005. |
Author |
NASA/CXC/SAO/M. Karovska et al. |
Rationale |
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