Zohaar818 Posted June 12, 2005 Report Share Posted June 12, 2005 Bizarre Star Brightens Like Clockwork Astronomers have spent five months studying a very strange star--one that is 10 times as massive as our sun and spews 100 trillion tons of gas into space each second--and have found a method to its mad behavior. Presenting their results yesterday at a meeting of the Canadian Astronomical Society in Montreal, the researchers report that the object, WR123, undergoes a stable variation that repeats every 10 hours. Full story athttp://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=000176A1-5892-128A-982D83414B7F0000 Looks like astronomers are going to have to come up with yet another theory to suit what they see...and I can't wait to hear it...-Zohaar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 I remember Wolf-Rayet Stars when I studied Astrophysics. I am now wondering ifEta Carinae is considered on of these types. I have heard it to be a Hypergiant(maybe a 100 solar masses or so). Though it storms and light variance is similarlychaotic as described in this article. maddog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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