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Old 25-05-2008, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by sheeny View Post
Puzzle time guys... (maybe not too)

In some of the less out of focus images it looks like it could be another close star,
Hi Al

Gacrux is an optical Double Star, the A/B distance is 110.6 arc secs and the Visual M is 1.6 for the A componant and 6.7 for the B star. There is also a 3rd star but it is fainter again.

Interesting effect though.

Cheers

John G
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