Zeta Ophiuchi, a runaway star: It is moving toward the left at 24 km PER SECOND. A strong stellar wind precedes it, compressing and heating dusty interstellar material and shaping the bow shock. Its velocity comes from being ejected from a binary star
Zeta Ophiuchi, a runaway star: It is moving toward the left at 24 km PER SECOND. A strong stellar wind precedes it, compressing and heating dusty interstellar material and shaping the bow shock. Its velocity comes from being ejected from a binary star