V1674Her Binary System with Classical Nova (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

V1674Her Binary System with Classical Nova

Caption

This artist’s conception depicts V1674 Herculis, a classical nova hosted in a binary star system that is made up of a white dwarf and dwarf companion star. Scientists studying this nova have detected non-thermal emission, a departure from the historical belief that these systems produce only thermal emissions.

Credit

B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

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