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Old 08-09-2010, 10:08 AM
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Awesome death spiral of a bizarre star

Check it:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/ba...-bizarre-star/

Awesome.

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Old 08-09-2010, 10:49 AM
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Hi H,

Thanks for the link. An impressive phenomena!
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Old 08-09-2010, 12:02 PM
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Fascinating!
The star is also known as LL Pegasi. To get some comparative magnitudes, the bright star to its right has apparent magnitude 12.75, the one directly above it has apparent magnitude 18.35 (from wikisky).
Amazing pickup if they think the spiral is just lit up by starlight.
Thanks for the link.

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Old 08-09-2010, 12:13 PM
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Interesting

Just goes to show you how fantastic our universe is
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Old 08-09-2010, 12:29 PM
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That's amazing.

Everyday they discover something new, they universe is a fantastic place.
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Old 09-09-2010, 08:21 PM
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Wow that looks so cool H thanks for posting
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very unique
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Old 09-09-2010, 08:47 PM
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One for your C14, with a 2x barlow, Frank.

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