star system
Noun
Meaning
(astronomy) A group of stars (and possibly smaller bodies such as planets or asteroids) that orbit one another.
Synonym: stellar system
Hyponyms: binary star, double star
(film) A method of creating, promoting and exploiting movie stars in cinema, emphasizing on their images rather than acting.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSynonyms
Examples
The star system has us making pictures with personalities rather than stories, sacrificing everything in order to keep some old bags playing young women.
I'm not such a big star. I am just a little planet. In Spain, people don't put so much attention on the star system. But here in America, I can feel it. Mostly, people are very, very nice. But there are also a bunch of fanatics behind the stars.
A binary star system that includes a nearby white dwarf can produce certain types of these spectacular stellar explosions, including the nova and a Type 1a supernova.
A binary star system can also produce eclipses if the plane of the orbit of its constituent stars intersects the observer's position.
AA Ceti is a triple star system; the brightest member has a magnitude of 6.2.
Alpha Centauri is not actually a sequel to Civilization, despite beginning with the same event that ends Civilization and Civilization II: a manned spacecraft from Earth arrives in the Alpha Centauri star system.