V473 Lyr has a low-mass companion, study suggests
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 - 09:10
in Astronomy & Space
Using ESA's XMM-Newton spacecraft, astronomers have conducted X-ray observations of a peculiar Cepheid variable star known as V473 Lyr. Results of the study suggest that this star has a young, low-mass companion. The finding is detailed in a paper published January 7 on the arXiv pre-print repository.