The view in a binary star system
I am writing a book where there is a binary system with a red and blue star. There is planet with the same properties as earth orbiting in a habitable zone around the 2 stars.
The question
How could a binary system be set up so that from the planet during the day the red star lights up the sky but at night only the blue sun can be seen but so that it lights up the night half no more than our moon?
Additional info
-The planet needs to be habitable the whole time
-The parameters of the system can be manipulated in any way you need to accommodate the above description as long as the stars remains blue and red
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