Hotter than the Sun 60 times: the spectacular explosion of the White Dwarf was first photographed by the eROSITA telescope

A group of scientists from European universities scanned the sky using the German eROSITA X-ray telescope. This instrument specializes in soft X-rays and orbits a gravitationally stable point in space about 930,000 miles away. (1.5 million kilometers) from Earth!

The researchers were able to record unusually bright explosion, which they identified as a white dwarf explosion called a nova. Recall that previously published stunning images of the full bloody moon.

The explosion of the “dwarf” reached a temperature of about 327,000 degrees Kelvin, which is about 60 times hotter than the Sun / Photo: www.space.com

Using model calculations that we originally did with support from X-ray instrument development, we were able to analyze the overexposed image during a complex process in more detail to gain insight into what goes on behind the scenes of a white dwarf explosion, FAU astrophysicist Jorn Wilms and co-author of the study said in a statement. .

The team determined that the white dwarf is relatively large, with a mass similar to that of the sun. The explosion reached a temperature of about 327,000 degrees Kelvin, which is about 60 times hotter than the Sun.

The new study is based on observations from 2020, but eROSITA’s scientific work is currently on hold. The telescope began operation in 2019 and, together with a Russian instrument, is installed on a Russian spacecraft. Germany shuts down telescope in response to Russian invasion of Ukraine.

We also wrote that the fireball frightened the British, followed by an explosion: the meteorite was caught by 15 video cameras of the UKMON website.