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Keywords: Sirius, white dwarf
![NGC 2440: Оболочка нового белого карлика](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/03/15/0001166685/ngc2440_hst3_big.preview.jpg)
30.07.2000
Like a butterfly, a white dwarf star begins its life by casting off a cocoon that enclosed its former self. In this analogy, however, the Sun would be a caterpillar and the ejected shell of gas would become the prettiest of all!
![NGC 2440: кокон нового белого карлика](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/10/02/0001170990/ngc2440_hst4.preview.jpg)
5.08.2001
Like a butterfly, a white dwarf star begins its life by casting off a cocoon that enclosed its former self. In this analogy, however, the Sun would be a caterpillar and the ejected shell of gas would become the prettiest of all!
![NGC 2440: кокон нового белого карлика](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/09/08/0001192824/ngc2440_hst2_big.preview.jpg)
26.04.1998
Like a butterfly, a white dwarf star begins its life by casting off a cocoon that enclosed its former self. In this analogy, however, the Sun would be a caterpillar and the ejected shell of gas would become the prettiest of all!
![Сириус - самая яркая звезда на ночном небе](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/04/22/0001189265/sirius_rosat.preview.gif)
2.09.1996
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. Intrinsically, Sirius is over 20 times brighter than our Sun and over twice as massive. As Sirius is 8.7 light years distant, it is not the closest star system -- the Alpha Centauri system holds this distinction.
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