Zeta Aurigae

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  • total solar eclipse
    In eclipse: Eclipsing binary stars

    Zeta Aurigae is the prototype of a class of eclipsing binaries composed of a cool supergiant star and a hot blue star. Although the supergiant’s atmosphere is large enough to reach to the orbit of Venus were the star to replace the Sun in the…

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