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visual binary

a binary star that can be visually separated into its two components with a telescope or, rarely, by the naked eye: in contrast to a binary star which is so distant it requires a spectrum analysis to separate the components
also called visual double

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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