Some pairs are optical doubles

They look close but it's just illusion

And some are visual

Claiming roles of primary and secondary

Easy to distinguish

Some pairs are eclipsing

Struggling to outdo the other

To take the front, to claim the glory

The worst are astrometric

One always in shadow

Hidden, invisible, unseen

But you and me?

We're double lined spectroscopic

Our orbits fast and close

And only those who know us best

Know there's a difference at all