VLT detects bow shock outflow around white dwarf 730 light-years away

Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope observed an unexpected bow shock outflow around white dwarf RXJ0528+2838, located 730 light-years from Earth.

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Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope observed an unexpected bow shock outflow around white dwarf RXJ0528+2838 located 730 light-years from Earth.^[1] The observation was conducted using the MUSE instrument on the VLT in Chile, after hundreds of hours of exposure time.^[2] The white dwarf's bow shock outflow was unexpected, though the study does not state what mechanism produced it or what it changes about current models.

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Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope observed an unexpected bow shock outflow around white dwarf RXJ0528+2838 located 730 light-years from Earth. · ScienceDaily
The observation was conducted using the MUSE instrument on the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope located in Chile, after hundreds of hours of exposure time. · El Imparcial

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