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Massive Monster Stars Marry & Merge

2,074 views · Published 14 December 2014 · 8:21 · Indexed 8 November 2026

Channel: thornews · 2014 · Science & Technology

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Camelopardalis, One of the hottest constellations of 2014 is back in the news with a double blue giant star merger. Both stars are taking 1.2 days to orbit each other. That's how close they are!

The Main Star Sequence is one of my favorite parts of science and astronomy so come one let's learn somethin'!

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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141209-starstruck-monster-star-merger-space-astronomy-science/

by Andrew Fazekas
for National Geographic

The two stars in the MY Cam system are so close together that they will end up merging into one supermassive star, astronomers say.

By looking at the high-resolution spectra of the two stars with the powerful 2.2-meter telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory in southern Spain, the researchers, led by Javier Lorenzo of Spain's Universidad de Alicante, were able to determine the physical properties of each of the stars, including their surface temperatures and sizes.

The two hot, blue stars, weighing in at 38 and 32 times the mass of our sun, complete orbits of each other in less than 1.2 days. That is so close that the team concludes they are inevitably destined to merge into a single behemoth star, one that will have an astounding 60 times the mass of the sun.

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