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Spica
Spica, designated Alpha Virginis, is the brightest star in the constellation of Virgo and a prominent binary star system. Located approximately 250 light-years from Earth, the system consists of two massive B-type stars orbiting so closely that their mutual gravity distorts them into ellipsoidal shapes, causing variations in observed brightness. The primary star is a rotating ellipsoidal variable...
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Alphecca
Alphecca, formally Alpha Coronae Borealis, is the brightest star in Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, and lies about 75 light-years from the Sun. It is an eclipsing spectroscopic binary whose two stars orbit closely enough that the system periodically changes brightness when one component passes in front of the other. The dominant component is an A-type main-sequence star, and the system marks...
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