Tuesday, January 20, 2015

APOD 3.1

January 11 2015
Cataclysmic Dawn

This picture appealed to me because I viewed it as it seems life a piece of art from either a science fiction novel or from a comic book. I am intrigued by both, so this picture fits into my realm of interest. The first statement of the accompanying post is the question "Will this dawn bring another nova?" This question is followed by the statement that this question will be pondered by future humans. It is stated that this may be posed as a question as the future humans could be living near a cataclysmic variable binary star. The picture shows a cataclysmic explosion and the process of this is explained underneath the picture. The post is ended by stating that novas that are created from this could form a white dwarf star. 

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