Binary (2 of 2) (IMAGE)

Rice University

Binary (2 of 2)

Caption

An illustration shows the HD 142527 binary star system from data captured by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. The red body orbiting the center represents the low-mass companion star.

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B. Saxton/NRAO/AUI/NSF

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