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3 May 2018 at 6:47 pm
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The Gaia DR2 parallax puts this Binary at 12675L/y so at 6.2m its absolute magnitude rivalled Rigel for a while at -6.75M, 43,000 times the luminosity of the sun. What a view and a surprise! that would have been for any life bearing planets at 32.6 L/y or nearer!
Peter