Figure 17-20: R I V U X G
A Binary Star System As seen from Earth, the two stars that make up the binary system called 2MASSW J0746425+2000321 are separated by less than ⅓ arcsecond. The images surrounding the center diagram show the relative positions of the two stars over a four-year period. These images were made by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), and Keck I and Gemini North in Hawaii (see Figure 6-16). For simplicity, the diagram shows one star as remaining stationary; in reality, both stars move around their common center of mass.
A Binary Star System As seen from Earth, the two stars that make up the binary system called 2MASSW J0746425+2000321 are separated by less than ⅓ arcsecond. The images surrounding the center diagram show the relative positions of the two stars over a four-year period. These images were made by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), and Keck I and Gemini North in Hawaii (see Figure 6-16). For simplicity, the diagram shows one star as remaining stationary; in reality, both stars move around their common center of mass.
(H. Bouy et al., MPE and ESO)