A New Class Of X-ray Star?
The team pointed both the Hubble Space Telescope and the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer at the hot star gamma Cassiopeiae, simultaneously for one full day in March, 1996 in order to understand the origin of the bright, variable X-rays coming from this star. To their surprise they discovered the X-rays are probably produced by extraordinarily hot surface flares, which are completely unexpected and unpredicted for a star of this type.
Credit:
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9807a |
| Type: | Chart |
| Release date: | 9 January 1998, 06:00 |
| Size: | 913 x 675 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Gamma Cassiopeia, IRAS 00536+6026 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable • Stars Images/Videos • Illustration Images |
| Distance: | 600 light years |
