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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 3203<br />
| date = February 4, 2026<br />
| title = Binary Star<br />
| image = binary_star_2x.png<br />
| imagesize = 353x365px<br />
| noexpand = true<br />
| titletext = The discovery of a fully typographical star system comes with a big asterisk.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
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While a "main sequence star" is a real celestial object, a five-pointed star is how stars are often drawn. The comic uses a drawn star shape to be a part of a celestial star system.<br />
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The title text similarly uses the * symbol, which is sometimes called a star, to be another real celestial star.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
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[[Category:Comics with inverted brightness]]<br />
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