Yes you can see a white dwarf star. but you will need a powerful telescope.
The nearest white dwarf to us, is Sirius B at a distance of 8.6 light years. It was first discovered using a 18.5-inch (470 mm) aperture telescope.
The same size as the white dwarf it was. See related question.
Before a white dwarf, a star would undergo the red giant phase. After a white dwarf, a star may end its life cycle as a black dwarf, although no black dwarfs are currently known to exist in the universe due to the long timescales required for a white dwarf to cool down.
No. A White Dwarf is still very hot. Although over billions of years it will get cooler until it has no more residual heat. At that point it will be called a black dwarf. See related questions.
Black dwarfs. [See related question]
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The same size as the white dwarf it was. See related question.
A degenerate dwarf. ~ See related link below .
Not exactly. A white dwarf would be hard to see from Earth, and Sirius is the brightest star from our point of view. Sirius has two components; one of them, Sirius B, is a white dwarf.
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Before a white dwarf, a star would undergo the red giant phase. After a white dwarf, a star may end its life cycle as a black dwarf, although no black dwarfs are currently known to exist in the universe due to the long timescales required for a white dwarf to cool down.
A black dwarf [See related question]
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No. A White Dwarf is still very hot. Although over billions of years it will get cooler until it has no more residual heat. At that point it will be called a black dwarf. See related questions.
Black dwarfs. [See related question]
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A white dwarf.A white dwarf.A white dwarf.A white dwarf.
A white dwarf could not become a red dwarf. A white dwarf is a remnant of a dead star. A red dwarf is a star with a very low mass.