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Gamma Ophiuchi
62 Ophiuchi
Thirteen
light years
beyond the
orange
giant
Kelb Alrai
lies a much less massive
white
star
, Gamma Ophiuchi. It lies a little to the south of its
brighter
orange
neighbour in the sky, in the band of the
Milky Way
as it passes through
Ophiuchus
.
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