3203: Binary Star

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Binary Star
The discovery of a fully typographical star system comes with a big asterisk.
Title text: The discovery of a fully typographical star system comes with a big asterisk.

Explanation[edit]

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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.

The title text similarly uses the * symbol, which is sometimes called a star, to be another real celestial star.

Transcript[edit]

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Discussion

here before the explanation Qwertyuiopfromdefly (talk) 04:47, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Me too 115.70.50.73

It was me as well :::;) 216.25.182.141 05:34, 5 February 2026 (UTC)

Randall has been, uh, funnier… I thought I must be missing something, a clever joke or some astronomers insider, but no—that's really all there was to it. Well.
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