Astronomers discover 21 new extremely low-mass white dwarf candidates - Phys.org


8/3/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Tomasz Nowakowski

Using data from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) and ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers have detected 21 new high-probability extremely low-mass white dwarfs. The finding is reported in a paper published July 27 on the arX…

Using data from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) and ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers have detected 21 new high-probability extremely low-mass white dwarfs. The… [+3252 chars]

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