2020 August 31 - SS 433: Binary Star Micro-Quasar
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 2020-08-31

In today's image, we see the star known by the catalog designation of SS433. This is from the catalog of astronomers Stephenson and Sanduleak from Case Western Reserve University showing stars with bright emission lines. We call it a micro-quasar because is it like a quasar, but on a much smaller scale and allows us to study the processes that occur in quasars in an object much closer to Earth.

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