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Chandra Science Highlight

Chandra Science Highlight. Chandra X-ray Observatory ACIS image. BP Psc: An Enigmatic Emission-line Star. The composite images show X-ray (purple) and optical data orange, green and blue) for BP Piscium (BP Psc), a peculiar star thought to be a red giant star.

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Chandra Science Highlight

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  1. Chandra Science Highlight Chandra X-ray Observatory ACIS image BP Psc: An Enigmatic Emission-line Star The composite images show X-ray (purple) and optical data orange, green and blue) for BP Piscium (BP Psc), a peculiar star thought to be a red giant star. • BP Psc is surrounded by a dusty and gaseous disk and has a pair of jets several light years long blasting out of the system. • The star’s surface is obscured throughout the visible and near-infrared bands, so the Chandra observation represents the first detection at any wavelength of BP Psc itself. • The weak X-ray emission is more consistent with that of rapidly rotating giant stars than a young star. • The X-ray spectrum is consistent with flares occurring on the surface of the star, or with interactions between the star and the disk surrounding it. • The disk and jets are, likely, remnants or a recent and catastrophic interaction whereby a nearby star or giant planet was engulfed by BP Psc as it expanded in the red giant phase. References: Kastner, J et al, 2010 ApJL, 719:L65-L68 SEPTEMBER 2010 Distance Estimate: About 1000 light years CXC operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory

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