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This category contains articles about star systems, which are groups of two or more gravitationally-bound stars in a region usually smaller than one light-year. Star clusters (groups of many more stars that occupy a much larger region) are listed in Category:Star clusters. Stars with planets are listed in Category:Planetary systems.

Binary star systems are listed under the Category:Binary stars. Trinary star systems are listed under Category:Triple star systems, a subcategory of Category:Multiple star systems; star systems with four or more stars are listed under the subcategory Category:Multiple star systems.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Category:Star systems” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.