A reasonably bright star system, visible with naked eye
even from rather light-polluted locations. However, the
exact nature of the companion is still a mystery, see

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Aurigae

The animation shows one orbit of the system based on the
currently favored speculations. This is actually the first
time I tried an animation in earnest, incredible how many
hours you can burn to get a few seconds of movement ;)

Note that an occlusion will begin soon an take place over the
course of the next two years. If you're interested in observing
the event, have a look at http://www.citizensky.org/

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