Albireo

DOUBLE STAR · gold and sapphire

DISTANCE about 430 light yearsFAMOUS FOR its two colors

The head of the Swan, and the most beautiful double star in the sky for small telescopes. Even modest magnification splits Albireo into a golden amber star and a smaller sapphire blue one sitting side by side, a pair of cosmic jewels. The color difference is real: one star is cool and orange, the other hot and blue.

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ASASSN-15lh Aquila, the Eagle Eagle Nebula (M16)Albireo A Albireo B Aldebaran All objects in the library