The Widest Very Low Mass Binary

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From KenCroswell.com:<br /><br />"Imagine two tennis balls separated by 180 miles--yet still in orbit around each other. That's an accurate scale model for a remarkable pair of red stars which astronomers have discovered in the constellation Phoenix. The double star is the widest very low mass binary ever seen and may shed new light on how the smallest stars are born."<br /><br />The link has a nice image in which the two stars look like the red brake lights on some celestial vehicle.