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Mizar is 27 parsecs distant but is not a binary star with Alcor. They are not gravitationally related at all but are ‘line of sight’ binary stars which make them look related only. Mizar does have a close companion star Mizar B and they orbit once every 20 days at a separation of 14 arcseconds or so.
