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Title:

Cataclysmic Variables

Url:

https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/cataclysmic_variables.ht...

Publisher:

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Description: Produced by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, this website presents the reader with fundamental information about cataclysmic variables, a binary system with a white dwarf and a normal star. It also explains their link to novae and x-ray emission mechanisms.

LC Classification:

Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Stars -- Double and multiple stars. Binary systems
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Stars -- Other particular types of stars, A-Z -- Dwarf novae
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Stars -- Other particular types of stars, A-Z -- White dwarfs
Science -- Astronomy -- Descriptive astronomy -- Stars -- Variable stars. Algol systems -- Cataclysmic variable stars
Science -- Astronomy -- Study and teaching. Research

GEM Subject:

Science -- Physics
Science -- Astronomy
Science -- Space sciences

Key Concept:

Astronomy -- Binary stars
Astronomy -- Stars
Astronomy -- Variable stars

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Instructional Material

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education

Language:

English

Access Rights:

Free access

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