Aktive Giant HD 12545 (XX Triangulum)
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 03:42
in Astronomy & Space
Stars are sometimes also very asymmetrical inside; Pictures of the star HD 12545; (XX Triangulum) made by K. G. Strassmeier (University of Vienna) show the same phenomenon which we observe on the pictures of Uranus. It is a gas ball warmed from the inside by an asymmetrical heat source.