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
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9932g |
| 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 |
