#  Our Lonely Sun: A Tour of Three Stars with Stellar Companions 

 



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In this tour, we will take a look at some familiar stars in our night sky that are actually two or more stars together, and we will explore the question of why our Sun does not have any stellar companions.

#### Credits

Dr. Stella Offner, CFA



 



 

 

 



 

 

 

The full version of this tour can be downloaded here and viewed in the desktop version of WorldWide Telescope.



 

 

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 See also:- [ Tour ](/audience/tour)
- [ Tour ](/wwt1/tours)
- [ Objects in the Sky ](/tour-content-area/objects-sky)
- [ Stars of All Ages ](/tour-content-area/stars-all-ages)
- [ Popular Interests ](/tour-content-area/popular-interests)
- [ Astronomy Basics ](/tour-content-area/astronomy-basics)
- [ Night Sky Observing ](/tour-content-area/night-sky-observing)
- [ Finding Objects in the Sky ](/tour-content-area/finding-objects-sky)
- [ Suggested Audience ](/tour-content-area/suggested-audience)
- [ Middle School ](/tour-content-area/middle-school)
- [ High School ](/tour-content-area/high-school)
- [ General Audience ](/tour-content-area/general-audience)