Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Lyra (Lyr)  ·  Contains:  4 Lyr)  ·  4 eps01 Lyr  ·  5 Lyr)  ·  5 eps02 Lyr  ·  HD173383  ·  The star Double Double I (ε1 Lyr  ·  The star Double Double II (ε2 Lyr
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Double-double Star eps. Lyrae, Johannes Teupen
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Double-double Star eps. Lyrae

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Double-double Star eps. Lyrae

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Epsilon Lyrae is a binary star system in the Lyra constellation, very close to Vega. Both stars eps1 and eps2 Lyrae have a distance of 209". Since both eps1 and eps2 are further divided into binary stars, they are a pair of binary stars orbiting each other. This system is also described as "double-double" star.

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Double-double Star eps. Lyrae, Johannes Teupen