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The Sky at Night

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Worlds Apart?
Beta Pictoris is a far-southern star, rather hotter than the sun and much more luminous. Van Biesbroeck 8 is a very small, cool star fairly close to us on the astronomical scale. In recent months both these stars have been found to be associated with faint companions, but they are not alike. One seems to be indicative of a planetary system, and the other of a 'brown dwarf star which has never become hot enough to shine in the same manner as the sun.
Patrick Moore looks at these new and quite unexpected developments.
Producer PIETER MORPURGO

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Pieter Morpurgo
Source: Radio Times

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