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Epsilon Eridani
18 Eridani
Among the dustlanes surrounding
Epsilon Eridani
lurks its companion: a faint
star
or possibly a
brown dwarf
, as shown here.
An
orange
dwarf
star
in the northern parts of
Eridanus
, the
River
. Epsilon Eridani is a
binary
star
, most noted for its proximity to the
Sun
- it is just 11
light years
away.
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