can you name the first such star that was spotted?
40 Eridani A, 40 Eridani B, and 40 Eridani C
White dwarf
The first white dwarf discovered was in the triple star system of 40 Eridani, which contains the relatively bright main sequence star 40 Eridani A, orbited at a distance by the closer binary system of the white dwarf 40 Eridani B and the main sequence red dwarf 40 Eridani C. 
which of the following will never undergo fusion in any star White dwarf when was the first time such a star was spotted? 1910 ultimately what happens to such stars? A white dwarf is stable once formed and will continue to cool almost indefinitely, eventually to become a black dwarf can you name a star that is likely to become so? Sirius B is it possible for living beings to inhabit them? It has been proposed that, with surface temperatures of less than 10,000 Kelvins could harbor a habitable zone at a distance of c. 0.005 to 0.02 AU
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White dwarf [SEP] Discovery
The first white dwarf discovered was in the triple star system of 40 Eridani, which contains the relatively bright main sequence star 40 Eridani A, orbited at a distance by the closer binary system of the white dwarf 40 Eridani B and the main sequence red dwarf 40 Eridani C. The pair 40 Eridani B/C was discovered by William Herschel on 31 January 1783. In 1910, Henry Norris Russell, Edward Charles Pickering and Williamina Fleming discovered that, despite being a dim star, 40 Eridani B was of spectral type A, or white. In 1939, Russell looked back on the discovery: I was visiting my friend and generous benefactor, Prof.