![026-Algol Variable Star [026] Algol System — This illustration depicts a close binary star system undergoing stellar mass transfer. A larger, cooler orange subgiant fills its Roche lobe, shedding gas that forms an accretion disk around a more massive, blue-white main sequence star. A foreground irregular asteroid or planetesimal provides a perspective of the orbital plane, while a distant third stellar component is visible in the background. Oil on masonite, 18x24 inches, 1974. artwork © Don Dixon/cosmographica.com](026-algol-binary-star-mass-transfer-dixon.jpg)
[026] Algol System — This illustration depicts a close binary star system undergoing stellar mass transfer. A larger, cooler orange subgiant fills its Roche lobe, shedding gas that forms an accretion disk around a more massive, blue-white main sequence star. A foreground irregular asteroid or planetesimal provides a perspective of the orbital plane, while a distant third stellar component is visible in the background. Oil on masonite, 18x24 inches, 1974. artwork © Don Dixon/cosmographica.com
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![026-Algol Variable Star [026] Algol System — This illustration depicts a close binary star system undergoing stellar mass transfer. A larger, cooler orange subgiant fills its Roche lobe, shedding gas that forms an accretion disk around a more massive, blue-white main sequence star. A foreground irregular asteroid or planetesimal provides a perspective of the orbital plane, while a distant third stellar component is visible in the background. Oil on masonite, 18x24 inches, 1974. artwork © Don Dixon/cosmographica.com](../index.html#img=026-algol-binary-star-mass-transfer-dixon.jpg)