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Best Eclipsing Binary

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Best 1 Algol
Algol

Algol is a binary star system notable for its predictable dimming due to an eclipsing orbit. The primary and secondary stars regularly pass in front of each other from our perspective, causing fluctuations in brightness. This behavior was one of the first astronomical phenomena to be explained throu...

2 Spica
Spica

Spica is the brightest star in Virgo, a binary system of two close blue giants about 250 light-years away whose mutual gravity distorts both stars.

3 Epsilon Aurigae

A supergiant eclipsing binary in Auriga that undergoes a two-year-long eclipse every 27 years, with the eclipsing body identified as a large opaque disk.

4 VV Cephei
VV Cephei

An eclipsing binary in Cepheus pairing one of the largest known red supergiants with a hot blue companion, with an orbital period of about 20 years.

5 Alphecca
Alphecca

Alphecca (Alpha Coronae Borealis) is the brightest star in the small arc-shaped constellation Corona Borealis, a spectroscopic binary about 75 light-years away.

6 Sabik
Sabik

Eta Ophiuchi, the second-brightest star in Ophiuchus, a binary system of two white A-type stars with an orbital period of roughly 88 years, located about 88 light-years away.

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