Legira, a pair of white dwarf stars.
A white dwarf, in stellar classification, is a type of star.
History and specifics[]
A white dwarf is a form of white star that is classified as a dwarf star. Observations of white dwarfs shows that they are relatively small in size, and glow with an intense white light.[citation needed]
A white dwarf has a habitable zone ranging from 0.25 to 0.42 AU and a system boundary at 25.6 AU. Such stars previously went through a red giant phase, and planets orbiting such stars were subjected to intense heat at that time. These stars range in age from 4 to 24 billion years. (Decipher RPG module: Worlds)
Preserver obelisks were constructed from a compound which only exists in nature at the heart of a white dwarf star. (TOS novel: Preserver)
The smallest known star in the 20th century was LP 327-186, a white dwarf with a diameter of about 1,000 miles. (TOS - Star Trek Annual 1986 comic: "Star Facts")
When a rogue neutron star and a rogue white dwarf pass each other, massive gravitational disruptions can create an unstable wormhole. (TNG - Strange New Worlds II short story: "Reciprocity")
In 2269, a prototype phase cloak successfully hid the USS Enterprise from Galileo II near a white dwarf. When it malfunctioned, Spock had to predict the starship's location in order to get close enough to open the shuttle bay doors remotely. (TOS - Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment comic: "Part 1")
The USS Rio Grande once lost power near a white dwarf star. (DS9 - Section 31 novel: Abyss)
In 2374, USS Voyager attempted to destroy a white dwarf. (VOY - String Theory novel: Fusion)
Examples[]
- 40 Eridani B [1]
- Alpha Epsilon Tauri [2]
- Alpha system's white dwarf
- Beta Cygni's white dwarf [3]
- Burgus Iota 20 [4]
- CJ-884 [5]
- Delta Vega system binary stars
- Dyson sphere Lyra's star [6]
- Ellison's Star's primary [7]
- Fvillhaih [8]
- Gamma Lilsis 26 (Lilsis system) [9]
- Legira binary stars
- LP 327-186 [10]
- M24 Alpha's white dwarf
- Mandylion [11]
- Phardos [12] [13]
- Rasalgethi's white dwarf [14]
- Regulus's white dwarf [15]
- Shenda [16]
- Sirius's white dwarf
- Talos star group white dwarfs [17]
- Tambor Beta-6 [18]
- Trill system secondary [1]
Appendices[]
Connections[]
| Stellar classification | |
|---|---|
| By class and type | class O blue-violet star • class B blue star • class A blue-white star • class F white star (white dwarf) • class G yellow star (yellow dwarf • yellow giant) • class K orange star (orange giant) • class M red star (red dwarf • red giant • red supergiant) • boson star • brown dwarf • green star • N-type star • R-type star • S-type star • D-type star |
| By size or makeup | black hole/black star • carbon star • dwarf star (brown dwarf • red dwarf • white dwarf • yellow dwarf) • giant star (blue giant • red giant • orange giant • yellow giant) • Lazarus star • microstar • neutron star (collapsar • magnetar • pulsar) • protostar • supergiant star • variable star • white hole • Wolf-Rayet star |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Decipher RPG module: Worlds.
- ↑ TOS video game: Starfleet Academy: Strategic Command.
- ↑ ST reference: Star Trek Maps.
- ↑ STO - Borg Advance mission: "Where Angels Fear to Tread".
- ↑ Last Unicorn RPG module: The Andorians: Among the Clans.
- ↑ TOS novel: The Starless World.
- ↑ TOS novel: The Galactic Whirlpool.
- ↑ STO mission: "Patrol the Fvillhaih System".
- ↑ STO mission: "Patrol the Lilsis System".
- ↑ TOS - Star Trek Annual 1986 comic: "Star Facts".
- ↑ TOS novel: Captain's Peril.
- ↑ (ST reference: Star Fleet Technical Manual.
- ↑ ST reference: Spaceflight Chronology.
- ↑ TOS novel: The Wounded Sky.
- ↑ DTI novel: Watching the Clock.
- ↑ STO - Delta Rising mission: "All That Glitters".
- ↑ ST reference: Worlds of the Federation.
- ↑ TNG episode: "Emergence".
- VOY novel: Pathways
- TNG - Strange New Worlds II short story: "Reciprocity"
- TOS novel: Preserver
- VOY - String Theory novel: Fusion
- TOS - Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment comic: "Part 1"
External links[]
- White dwarf article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- White dwarf article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.