Kappa Cassiopeiae - Wikipedia
Kappa Cassiopeiae (κ Cas, κ Cassiopeiae) is a star in the constellation Cassiopeia. κ Cassiopeiae has an unusual spectrum that has anomalously weak nitrogen lines, taken as an actual nitrogen deficiency in the atmosphere.
The Shocking Behavior of a Speedy Star - NASA
2014年2月20日 · The red arc in this infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope is a giant shock wave, created by a speeding star known as Kappa Cassiopeiae.
κ Cassiopeiae (kappa Cassiopeiae) - Star in Cassiopeia - TheSkyLive
κ Cassiopeiae is a variable supergiant star of magnitude 4.16 in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Find complete information about κ Cassiopeiae on TheSkyLive.com.
The shocking behavior of a speedy star | Astronomy.com
2014年2月26日 · In this case, the speedster star is known as Kappa Cassiopeiae (HD 2905). It is a massive hot supergiant moving at around 2.5 million mph (4.0 million km/h) relative to its neighbors. But what...
The Shocking Behavior of a Speedy Star
2014年2月20日 · The Kappa Cassiopeiae bow shock shows up as a vividly red color. The faint green features in this image result from carbon molecules, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, in dust clouds along the line of sight that are illuminated by starlight.
Kappa Cas - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kappa Cas is an evolving, dying star that was born with a mass of around 40 times that of the Sun. Some 5 million years old, it is now probably fusing helium into carbon in its deep core, and has little time (on an astronomical scale) before exploding as a grand supernova.
The Shocking Behavior of a Speedy Star - NASA
2014年2月21日 · Slow-moving stars like our sun have bow shocks that are nearly invisible at all wavelengths of light, but fast stars like Kappa Cassiopeiae create shocks that can be seen by Spitzer’s infrared detectors.
Runaway star creates bow shock as it speeds through galaxy
2014年2月21日 · Bright blue star at center of this image is Kappa Cassiopeiae – a visible star in the constellation Cassiopeia the Queen – 4,000 light-years away. What you’re seeing here is an infrared bow...
The Shocking Behavior of a Speedy Star - spitzer.caltech.edu
The Kappa Cassiopeiae bow shock shows up as a vividly red color. The faint green features in this image result from carbon molecules, called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, in dust clouds along the line of sight that are illuminated by starlight.
The bow shock of Kappa Cassiopeiae, a massive, hot supergiant
2014年2月21日 · The red arc in this infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is a giant shock wave, created by a speeding star known as Kappa Cassiopeiae. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech