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binary star are 2 stars that circle around each other traveling in space and Opitcal double are 2 stars that appear close tpgether, but are really far apart.

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What is double stars in which one star moves directly in front of the other?

Each of those is an eclipsing binary.


How big is a binary star?

A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common barycenter. Systems of two, three, four, or even more stars are called multiple star systems. These systems, especially when more distant, often appear to the unaided eye as a single point of light, and are then revealed as double (or more) by other means.


What mizar and alcor made up of?

Mizar is a binary star system consisting of two stars, Mizar A and Mizar B, located in the constellation Ursa Major. Alcor is a nearby star that appears as a single point of light with Mizar, forming an optical double star. Both Mizar and Alcor are composed primarily of hydrogen and helium, like other stars.


What is a pair of stars which appear to form a double star but do not?

A "binary star" is the word used for two stars that orbit each other around their common center of mass. For example, Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B are a "binary star" that is the 2nd closest stars to our Sun. (The red dwarf Proxima Centauri is a little closer, but is so dim that it is invisible to the naked eye.)Two stars that appear to be very close to each other in the sky but are at different distances are a "double star". They aren't associated with each other; they are merely in the same direction.


What is a binary star system?

A double star is a pair that appear very close together in the sky, but that might be by chance and one of them might in fact be a lot further away than the other. A binary star is a special type of double star in which the two components are in orbit around their common centre of gravity.

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