Indian astronomers decode mystery of vampire star using data from AstroSat

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Indian astronomers decode mystery of vampire star using data from AstroSat, India’s first dedicated space observatory.

https://www.thestatesman.com/technology/indian-astronomers-decode-mystery-of-vampire-star-using-data-from-astrosat-1503327113.html

https://www.news9live.com/science/isros-astrosat-finds-vampire-star-with-white-dwarf-companion-for-first-time-2641629
 

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A team of astronomers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology, made a groundbreaking discovery of a vampire star in the star cluster M67 using data from the UltraViolet Imaging Telescope, on board AstroSat, India’s first dedicated space observatory.

M67 is a collection of over 500 stars that are loosely gravitationally bound, a grouping known as an open cluster.

The vampire star, called WOCS 9005, in the star cluster M67, is located in the constellation Cancer. It has been rejuvenating its youth by sucking up material from a companion.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 30 by Ajay0