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    Default Theta-1 and Theta-2 EMa

    This little known optical binary systems, Θ¹ and Θ² Effundo Majoris, is located at a distance of approximately 30 million micrometers, in the direction of the north geographic pole. At this distance the system measures about 5 million micrometers across. The system is embedded in heavily-obscuring clouds of molecular water ice. It's not known whether this system harbors life, but on occasion periodic electromagnetic radiation has been detected emanating from the secondary at a frequency of 2.4 GHz. This image is a single 1/30 second exposure taken earlier this morning.



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    Last edited by Dick Berg; Feb 6, 2010 at 21:13.
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