Panel 4

A few thousand years after the bubbles expand into space, the white dwarf goes through another nova outburst and makes another pair of bubbles, which form a distinctive hourglass shape.

Credit:

NASA & ESA

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo9932h
Type:Artwork
Release date:24 August 1999, 15:00
Size:263 x 371 px

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

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