DT Virginis
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DT Virginis known as Ross 458 AB, is a binary star
Binary star
A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass. The brighter star is called the primary and the other is its companion star, comes, or secondary...

 in the constellation
Constellation
In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

 of Virgo
Virgo (constellation)
Virgo is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for virgin, and its symbol is . Lying between Leo to the west and Libra to the east, it is the second largest constellation in the sky...

.this binary system has a circumbinary planet detect by direct image.

Planetary System

See also

  • CM Draconis
    CM Draconis
    CM Draconis is an eclipsing binary system approximately 47 light-years away in the constellation of Draco . The system consists of two nearly identical red dwarf stars located in the constellation Draco. The two stars orbit each other with a period of 1.27 days with a separation of 2.7 million...

  • QS Virginis
    QS Virginis
    QS Virginis is an eclipsing binary system approximately 157 light-years away from Sun, forming a cataclysmic variable...

  • NN Serpentis
    NN Serpentis
    NN Serpentis is an eclipsing binary system approximately 1670 light-years away, likely a cataclysmic variable star. The system comprises an eclipsing white dwarf star and red dwarf star...

  • Kepler-16
    Kepler-16
    Kepler-16 is a binary star system in the constellation of Cygnus that was targeted by the Kepler spacecraft. Both stars are smaller than the Sun; the primary, Kepler-16A, is a class K red dwarf, and the secondary, Kepler-16B, is a class M red dwarf...

  • List of extrasolar planets
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