For binoculars and small scopes, hop due east of Alpha about a finger-width for brilliant multiple-star system and open cluster NGC2017. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Small optics close the 1,150 light-year gap and reveal this multiple-star system in all its red, white, and blue beauty. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Vance has set out in the main text the various phases of daylight caused by the multiple-star system around which Marune orbits. ❋ Tim Stretton (2009)
Two new studies suggest that planets can more easily form in multiple-star systems than previously thought -- which is good news, because it's estimated that two out of every three stars in the Milky Way galaxy are part of multiple-star systems, many of them binary. ❋ Edward Willett (2006)
The fact that a planet can even exist in a multiple-star system is amazing in itself, Konacki said For one thing, the planet has to contend with the gravitational pull of three other bodies the suns. ❋ Sbisson (2005)
At least half of the stars in our galaxy are part of a binary or multiple-star system, so the Kepler team will have to weed out these false positives, as well. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Brown dwarfs, objects that are less massive than stars but larger than planets, just got more elusive, based on a study of 233 nearby multiple-star systems by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. ❋ Unknown (2009)
(Jan. 9, 2009) - Brown dwarfs, objects that are less massive than stars but larger than planets, just got more elusive, based on a study of 233 nearby multiple-star systems by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
These data show that most, and possibly all, blue stragglers derive from multiple-star systems, and indicate that the several formation processes operate simultaneously. ❋ Robert D. Mathieu (2009)
The multiple-star technique produces sharp images over a wider area of sky - an area about three times larger than that produced by single-star adaptive optics systems employed on large telescopes such as Keck II and Gemini North in Hawaii. ❋ Unknown (2008)
"How many terrestrial planets (large and small) are there in or near the habitable zones of stars of varying spectral types; What is the assortment of sizes and shapes of the orbits of such planets; How many planets are contained within multiple-star systems; What are the various characteristics (i.e. orbit size, luminosity, mass) of short-period gas giants; Are there additional planetary members in already discovered extra-solar systems; and what are the properties of stars that harbor planetary systems?" ❋ Unknown (2009)
"Thanks to the genius of James Mullaney, and the artistic sensibility of Wil Tirion, backyard stargazers can now enjoy endless hours of double - and multiple-star observing. ❋ Unknown (2009)
