13 Light-Year long comet-like tail on a binary pair!

August 16, 2007
Erik Bethke
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From EH: The GALEX ultravioet telescope has an exceptionally wide field of view and is extremely sensitive in UV and was thus able to pick up this amazing discovery on a star well studied for the...

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The GALEX ultravioet telescope has an exceptionally wide field of view and is extremely sensitive in UV and was thus able to pick up this amazing discovery on a star well studied for the last 400 years! It is amazing to think that the pair are moving at 130km/s!

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/15aug_mira.htm?list221086

-Erik <div

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Published: August 16, 2007 8:51 PM

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