The Phi Persei Duo (artist's impression)
Life near the double-star system of Phi Persei is never dull, as this illustration shows. Taken from the perspective of one of the Hubble Space Telescope observations of Phi Persei, this artist's depiction provides a taste of the double- star system's unstable existence.
Credit:
Bill Pounds
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9739a |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 4 December 1997, 06:00 |
| Size: | 1000 x 793 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Phi Persei |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Binary |
