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Astronomers Directly Image Betelgeuse’s Stellar Companion


Using the speckle imager ‘Alopeke on the Gemini North telescope, one half of NSF’s International Gemini Observatory, astronomers have captured direct images of Betelgeuse -- the second-closest red supergiant to Earth -- and its companion star.

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