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Imagine: Stelle doppie Double stars
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Stars close to each another on the celestial sphere. Binary stars are physically connected into a system, orbiting around a common center of gravity. But some apparently double stars are in fact very distant from each another and do not interact directly: their closeness is only a perspective effect, due to their projection against the celestial sphere.

 
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