The Twin Supergiants: Alpha and Beta Centauri

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Science

 

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Fern W

 

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September 12, 2012

 

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University

 

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Sophisticated observations that rely on the interference properties of light show that the single point of light actually consists of a pair of nearly identical stars each some 55,000 times more luminous than the Sun separated (from our perspective) by only 2.5 astronomical units. The temperature and luminosity show each to contain 15 solar masses...
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The temperature and luminosity show each to contain 15 solar masses. Spectra suggest an orbital period of not quite a year, this and the masses rendering them an actual 3 astronomical units apart. Twin Hadar also has a fourth magnitude sibling 1.3 seconds of arc away that, because of the brightness difference, is difficult to see and study...
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