Unidentified white dwarf

A white dwarf star orbited close to a red giant in the Outer Rim Territories' Gardaji Rift region. Plasma from the red giant was pulled toward the white dwarf and then flung outward in a glowing spiral of red and purple gas, which provided an impressive source of illumination in the skies of the nearby planet Zonama Sekot.
==Description==
A white dwarf star was located within a trinary star system in the Gardaji Rift, which was part of the Outer Rim Territories' Gardaji sector. The white dwarf orbited close to a red giant star. A third star, a yellow dwarf, lay at a distance of several light-months from the pair and was orbited by the sentient planet Zonama Sekot until 29 BBY, when the planet left the system through the use of its own built-in hyperdrive engines.
The white dwarf pulled from the red giant a ribbon of plasma, which then curled around the smaller star and was flung outward in a long spiral of red and purple ionized gas. The combined motion of the gas and the double-star system formed by the white dwarf and the red giant resembled a large pinwheel that stretched across the northern sky of Zonama Sekot, illuminating the planet both during the day and at night.
==History==
When they visited Zonama Sekot in 29 BBY, the Human Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker; their Priapulin pilot, Charza Kwinn; and, independently of the trio, the Human starship designer Raith Sienar were all impressed by the glowing display of the double-star system.
==Behind the scenes==
The white dwarf first appeared in Rogue Planet, a 2000 novel written by Greg Bear. The Essential Atlas, a 2009 reference book, placed the Gardaji Rift, and therefore the white dwarf, in grid square M-1.
The 2012 book The Essential Reader's Companion later claimed that during the events of Rogue Planet, Zonama Sekot was situated in square M-3 instead.The Essential Reader's Companion However, that placement would result in the star system containing the planet at the time to be located outside of the Gardaji sector, — Based on corresponding data for grid square M-3 in which lay the Gardaji Rift, the location of Zonama Sekot in Rogue Planet. As a result, this article treats the placement from The Essential Reader's Companion to be erroneous.
==Appearances==
*Rogue Planet 
==Notes and references==
Category:Gardaji sector stars
Category:Outer Rim Territories white dwarfs
Category:Unidentified stars