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  1. 2 days ago · A stellar explosion may create a temporary 'new star' this summer. June 16, 2024, 6:16 AM ET (Earth.com) Nova explosion of nearby star will soon light up Earth's skies. nova, any of a class of exploding stars whose luminosity temporarily increases from several thousand to as much as 100,000 times its normal level.

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › SiriusSirius - Wikipedia

    1 day ago · Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. Its name is derived from the Greek word Σείριος (Latin script: Seirios ), meaning lit. 'glowing' or 'scorching'. The star is designated α Canis Majoris, Latinized to Alpha Canis Majoris, and abbreviated α CMa or Alpha CMa. With a visual apparent magnitude of −1.46, Sirius is almost twice ...

  3. 2 days ago · Iota Orionis – Double Star. Iota Orionis is really a triple star with a white primary at magnitude 2.9 and a blue secondary 11” away in position angle 141° glowing at magnitude 7.0. I was able to split the pair with the 90mm refractor using 100xpower. The third component, a reddish 11 th magnitude star is located 50” away in position ...

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    1 day ago · As of 2005 the star with the lowest iron content ever measured is the dwarf HE1327-2326, with only 1/200,000th the iron content of the Sun. By contrast, the super-metal-rich star μ Leonis has nearly double the abundance of iron as the Sun, while the planet-bearing star 14 Herculis has nearly triple the iron.

  5. 3 days ago · One is a double star of magnitude 11, two arcminutes apart; the other is a star of magnitude 10, three arcminutes apart. Lambda Aurigae (Al Hurr) is a G1.5IV-V-type star (G-type star intermediate between a subgiant and main-sequence star) of magnitude 4.71. It has an absolute magnitude of 4.4 and is 41 light-years from Earth.

  6. 22 hours ago · Caitlin Clark triple-double. Clark logged a triple-double in the Indiana Fever's 83-78 win over the New York Liberty. Clark got off to a hot start shooting, scoring 11 of her 19 points in the ...

  7. 3 days ago · double star: 1 n a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation Synonyms: binary , binary star Examples: show 10 examples... hide 10 examples... Aldebaran the brightest star in Taurus Algol the second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary Alpha Centauri brightest star in Centaurus; ...