Caltech press release: local pdf file or link
Univ. of Arizona press release: link
Also reproduced at EurekaAlert
Abstract of the paper presented at the AAS
Figures (click on the small image to display a larger jpeg, and save as needed):
Caption:
An example of a star that flares occasionally. This is a so-called dwarf nova, a binary star system where a material flows from a red giant star to a compact, dense white dwarf companion, and sometimes causes major explosions that do not destroy them. The graph shows a brightness history of this star over a period of 7 years. The pictures at the top correspond to the high and low states as indicated by the arrows. Such systems are important for understanding of stellar evolution, and the CRTS team has discovered nearly a thousand of them, much more than any other survey.
Image credit: The CRTS Survey Team, California Institute of Technology
Caption:
The Catalina Schmidt telescope on Mt. Bigelow, AZ, where the data were obtained. Also available
here
Image credit: The CSS Survey Team, Univ. of Arizona
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