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Yep, it's another one of those mouseover images that FR's HTML protocol won't support.
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Astronomy Fun Fact:

The star marked "Castor" is really a SIX star system. Three pairs, to be exact.

The bright red smudge in the upper right is NGC 1499, the California Nebula.

Sirius and Procyon are binaries; each has a white dwarf companion.

1 posted on 11/06/2002 5:31:35 AM PST by petuniasevan
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2 posted on 11/06/2002 5:33:00 AM PST by petuniasevan
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Oops. The bright red smudge NGC 1499 California Nebula is at the middle right edge of the image.
4 posted on 11/06/2002 6:04:41 AM PST by petuniasevan
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