EF Eridanus Present

Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA/J. Lomberg

EF Eridanus Present

The present day situation around donor object (right) where the small, dense white dwarf (center) has "consumed" much of its companion star's mass and it is now a cool, dark ember about the size of Jupiter. Today most of the radiation from the system is emitted in the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

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