• In observational astronomy, a double star or visual double is a pair of stars that appear close to each other as viewed from Earth, especially with the...
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  • Double Star is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, first serialized in Astounding Science Fiction (February, March, and April...
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    Washington Double Star Catalog, a database of visual double stars compiled by the United States Naval Observatory, contains over 100,000 pairs of double stars...
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  • Look up double star in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Double Star is a novel by Robert Heinlein. Double Star may also refer to: Double star, a pair...
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    first "double" in the term refers to the two (double) categories and the second "double" refers to accumulating ten or more (typically double digits)...
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  • Double Star was a joint satellite based space mission by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and the European Space Agency (ESA). It was the...
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  • the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Conson DoubleStar is the club's corporate sponsor, and the team's mascot is an eagle. In...
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    bodies (such as comets). A star system of two stars is known as a binary star, binary star system or physical double star. If there are no tidal effects...
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  • symbol in astronomical notation representing: Binary star Double star Multiple star Multiple star system 2018 Winter Paralympics (**), whose logo is a...
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    both planetary bodies. Although up to a third of the star systems in the Milky Way are binary, double planets are expected to be much rarer given the typical...
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    SN 1604, also known as Kepler's Supernova, Kepler's Nova or Kepler's Star, was a Type Ia supernova that occurred in the Milky Way, in the constellation...
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  • Brunner Double, Double (Ellery Queen novel), a 1950 mystery novel Double, Double (Star Trek novel), a 1989 science fiction novel Double Double: A Memoir...
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    highlight a particular type of star, such as variables or nearby stars. Aitken's double star catalogue (1932) lists 17,180 double stars north of declination...
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    In the mathematical field of graph theory, the double-star snark is a snark with 30 vertices and 45 edges. In 1975, Rufus Isaacs introduced two infinite...
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    orange dwarf star of magnitude 8.2. The period is over 1000 years; it is divisible in medium amateur telescopes. ε Gem (Mebsuta), a double star, includes...
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    Sirius (redirect from Dog star)
    "06451-1643 AGC 1AB (Sirio)". Double Star Database. Retrieved 17 April 2020. Henry, Todd J. (1 July 2006). "The One Hundred Nearest Star Systems". RECONS. Archived...
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    variable star; and D is a magnitude 9.15 F3 main-sequence star. V647 Tau varies from magnitude +8.25 to +8.30 over 1.13 hours. The Washington Double Star Catalog...
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  • Double, Double is a science fiction novel by American writer Michael Jan Friedman, part of the Star Trek: The Original Series franchise. One android has...
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    Aldebaran (redirect from Aldebaran (star))
    stars are included in double star catalogues such as the Washington Double Star Catalog as WDS 04359+1631 and the Aitken Double Star Catalogue as ADS 3321...
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    telescope Struve discovered a very large number of double stars and in 1827 published his double star catalogue Catalogus novus stellarum duplicium. Stars...
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    The Washington Double Star Catalog, or WDS, is a catalog of double stars, maintained at the United States Naval Observatory. The catalog contains positions...
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  • The Aitken Double Star Catalogue, or ADS, is a star catalogue of double stars. It was compiled by Robert Grant Aitken and published in 1932 in two volumes...
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  • warfare in a double-star solar system. Double Star is a two-player game about space warfare, and operates on the belief that warfare between two star systems...
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  • Parts culminates in graduating with a "double first". It is possible in some Triposes to be awarded a "starred first", for examination scripts that "consistently...
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    Rigel (redirect from Star Rigel)
    to be a visual double star on 1 October 1781, cataloguing it as star 33 in the "second class of double stars" in his Catalogue of Double Stars, usually...
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  • The Burnham Double Star Catalogue (BDS) is a catalogue of double stars within 121° of the celestial North Pole. It was published in two parts by the Carnegie...
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    Antares (redirect from Antares (star))
    16262–2619. It is also catalogued as a double star WDS J16294-2626 and CCDM J16294-2626. Antares is a variable star and is listed in the General Catalogue...
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  • names relating to members of multiple-star systems, and where a component letter (from, e.g., the Washington Double Star Catalog) is not explicitly listed...
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    spectroscopic binaries. Appearing to the naked eye as a single star, Castor was first recorded as a double star in 1718 by James Pound, but it may have been resolved...
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  • (also known as Neelanjali Star Ruby), at 1,370 carats (274 g), is the world's largest double-star ruby. A ruby is known as a "star ruby" if it contains an...
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