Panel 3
When enough gas accumulates on the white dwarf's surface it explodes as a nova outburst. Most of the hot gas forms a pair of expanding bubbles above and below the equatorial disk.
Credit:NASA & ESA
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | Symbiotic star |
| Type: | Unspecified : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Giant Unspecified : Star : Evolutionary Stage : White Dwarf Unspecified : Star : Grouping : Binary |
| Category: | Stars |
