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Description: Artist's conception of a binary system consisting of a white dwarf star (right) accreting hydrogen from a larger companion. This may give a nova.
Title: Making a Nova
Credit: Diagram of a Nova type star from http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/62486main_Making_a_Nova.jpg A description and extended credits are listed for a Chandra article: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2001/v1494aql/
Author: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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