Tag: SS Cygni

• New distance measurements solve one mystery – and create a new one

  SS Cygni is a special kind of binary system, consisting of a red dwarf star and a white dwarf. According to theoretical models, the white dwarf strips gas from its companion, which leads to periodic outbursts of intense light: a recurrent nova. However, previous observations of the system placed it too far away for those…

  Matthew R. Francis

  May 23, 2013

  Ars Technica, Writing for Other Sites

  binary stars, parallax, recurrent novas, SS Cygni