File:HD 45166 artist's impression (NOIRLab).jpg

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An artist's impression of the HD 45166 binary, focusing on the incredibly magnetic and exotic primary star.

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English: This artist's impression shows a highly unusual star that is destined to become one of the most magnetic objects in the Universe: a variant of a neutron star known as a magnetar. This finding marks the discovery of a new type of astronomical object— a massive magnetic helium star — and sheds light on the origin of magnetars. In a few million years,  HD 45166 will explode as a very bright, but not particularly energetic, supernova. During this explosion, its core will contract, trapping and concentrating the star’s already daunting magnetic field lines. The result will be a neutron star with a magnetic field far greater than its progenitor.
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Source https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2323a/
Author P. Marenfeld, M. Zamani

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