91.5 KRCC's Looking Up   /     Looking Up: Seeing Double

Description

This week on Looking up Hal informs us about a star named Porrima. But is it one star or two? High in the east in the Colorado night sky is the very interesting star Porrima. Or rather, I should say stars, because there are actually two stars orbiting each other, only 38 ly away. Or maybe I should just say “star” because whether you see one or two stars through a telescope depends on what year it is.

Subtitle
This week on Looking up Hal informs us about a star named Porrima. But is it one star or two? High in the east in the Colorado night sky is the very interesting star Porrima. Or rather, I should say stars, because there are actually two stars orbiting
Duration
90
Publishing date
2020-02-10 14:00
Link
https://www.krcc.org/post/looking-seeing-double
Contributors
  Hal Bidlack
author  
Enclosures
https://cpa.ds.npr.org/krcc/audio/2020/02/looking_up_2-10-20.mp3
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