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PG 1159 star

(pre-degenerate, pre-white dwarf)
(star in transition between planetary nebula and white dwarf)

A PG 1159 star (aka pre-degenerate) is white dwarf coming into being (or a pre-white dwarf), having completed a planetary nebula phase. The term is coined from the first identified, PG 1159-035, which appears to have resumed helium burning but is expected to cool into a white dwarf. They are hot, in the 75,000-200,000 K and show an excess of ultraviolet. Some characteristics of PG 1159-035:

This is exceptional for being both far smaller and far more luminous than the Sun.


(star type,degeneracy)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PG_1159_star
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PG_1159-035
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1996ASPC...96..267W/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016A%26A...593A.104W/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979wdvd.coll..377M/abstract
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=PG+1159-035

Referenced by pages:
chemically peculiar star (CP star)
post-AGB star (pAGB)

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