Cataclysmic, Binary and Multiple Stars
 
 
A cataclysmic binary/variable viewed from the surface of a planet A magnetic cataclysmic binary/variable of  the AM Her (or polar) type A high-mass X-ray binary star seen from the surface of a dead, rocky planet or asteroid Artwork of a cataclysmic binary/variable A cataclysmic binary/variable in a quiescent or low state A cataclysmic binary/variable in a high state A magnetic cataclysmic binary/variable of  the DQ Her type The closest star to the Sun, seen from a hypothetical planet A high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) star seen from the surface of a dead, rocky planet or asteroid Low-mass X-ray binary seen from a rocky planet or asteroid An X-ray binary with particle jets Low-mass X-ray binary seen from a rocky planet or asteroid A W UMa star or contact binary – contact phase A W UMa star or contact binary – over-contact phase An RS CVn binary star system Binary star Algol (Beta Persei) An extrasolar planet in an RS CVn binary star system A cataclysmic binary/variable A polar cataclysmic binary/variable with a brown dwarf orbiting a white dwarf Binary suns rising on a watery, Earth-like planet Cygnus X-1, the famous high-mass X-ray binary (HMXB) Be star orbiting a neutron star Animation of a cataclysmic binary star Blank square About this gallery
Binary stars are the rule rather than the exception in outer space, and our Sun is in the minority. The present gallery contains only illustrations of binary or multiple stars, including several impressions of cataclysmic variables. If you want to see artworks of single stars or brown dwarves, see Single Stars. Or see Nebulae and Clusters.