Sentences with phrase «luminous white stars»

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Named PH1, the planet goes around two of the four stars, shown close - up here: One is a yellow - white F - type star that is slightly warmer and more luminous than our sun; the other, at the 11 o'clock position, is a red dwarf, cooler and dimmer than the sun.

Deneb is tied with Orion's foot star, Rigel, as the most luminous bright star in the heavens — a white supergiant, more dazzling than the famous red variety.

This region of space houses one of the highest concentrations of massive, luminous stars in the entire Milky Way — a spectacular family of young, bright, white - blue stars.

The explosion was a Type Ia supernova, the most luminous variety, which occurred when a small, dense star known as a white dwarf blew up about 7000 light - years from Earth.

In particular, the CDF - S source is likely associated with the complete destruction of a neutron star or white dwarf, and is roughly 100,000 times more luminous in X-rays.

Within that enormous sphere, astronomers have detected at least 7.38 Solar - masses of visible matter bound up in 11 luminous stars and one weakly glowing white dwarf.

As a star - auteur, he has always been the most important feature and effect of the series, although it's telling that Mr. De Palma oversaw the set - piece that gave the movies their foundational image: Mr. Cruise's operative, Ethan Hunt, hovering like a spider (or a puppet) above a luminous white floor while suspended by a very thin rope.

• February 25 - 27, Anthology Film Archives Presents Newly - Restored Prints of Rudy Burckhardt's «Money» (1968) and «The Climate of New York» (1948)-- Screenings of recently restored prints of the classic Burckhardt films «Money» (1968), in which renowned dance critic Edwin Denby leads a cast of «60s art - and poetry - world stars, and «The Climate of New York» (1948), in which Burckhardt paints a portrait of the city and its inhabitants in luminous black - and - white and saturated color.