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  • Stargazing News - June 14th, 2025

    From CJ@954:100/61 to All on Friday, June 13, 2025 05:45:03
    Saturday, June 14, 2025

    Lyra's Double Double Star (all night)

    The constellation of Lyra is positioned high in the eastern sky during late evening in June. Keen eyes might reveal that the medium-bright star Epsilon Lyrae, which is located just a finger's width to the lower left (or one degree to the celestial east) of the very bright star Vega, is a close-together pair of stars - a double star. Binoculars or a backyard telescope will certainly show the two stars. Examining Epsilon at high magnification will reveal that each of those stars is itself a double - hence its nick-name, "the Double Double". Each duo is a true binary star system, with the companions orbiting one another once every 600 and 1,200 years.

    (Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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