Post by ET_Explorer on Nov 1, 2015 7:04:45 GMT
GD 66 or V361 Aurigae is a 0.64 solar mass (M☉) pulsating white dwarf star located 170 light years from Earth in the Auriga constellation. The estimated cooling age of the white dwarf is 500 million years. Models of the relationship between the initial mass of a star and its final mass as a white dwarf star suggest that when the star was on the main sequence it had a mass of approximately 2.5 M☉, which implies its lifetime was around 830 million years The total age of the star is thus estimated to be in the range 1.2 to 1.7 billion years.
Source SIMBAD
GD 66 Pulsating white dwarf In Constellatio....kmz (1.1 KB)
Source SIMBAD
GD 66 Pulsating white dwarf In Constellatio....kmz (1.1 KB)