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    Gamma Cassiopeiae, Latinized from γ Cassiopeiae, is a bright star at the center of the distinctive "W" asterism in the northern circumpolar constellation...
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    Beta, and Gamma Cassiopeiae were named. Alpha Cassiopeiae was called Poloahilani, Beta Cassiopeiae was called Polula, and Gamma Cassiopeiae was called...
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  • A Gamma Cassiopeiae variable (γ Cassiopeiae variable) is a type of variable star, named for its prototype γ Cassiopeiae. γ Cassiopeiae variables show irregular...
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    the disappearance of, the "shell" are called Gamma Cassiopeiae variables. Pleione and Gamma Cassiopeiae itself are both variable stars that have intermittent...
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    stars appear to be stochastic while others show multiple periods. Gamma Cassiopeiae (γ Cas) variables are non-supergiant fast-rotating B class emission...
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    absorption lines) it is also dubbed the Spectral Gem of Southern Skies. Gamma Cassiopeiae, informally named Navi for astronaut Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom Iota...
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    is a shell star of magnitude 4.9. Shell stars, like Pleione and Gamma Cassiopeiae, are blue supergiants with irregular variations caused by their abnormally...
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    Zeta Ophiuchi (category Gamma Cassiopeiae variable stars)
    Zeta Ophiuchi (ζ Oph, ζ Ophiuchi) is a single star located in the constellation of Ophiuchus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 2.6, making it the...
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    Sh 2-185 is an H II region centered on the massive star system Gamma Cassiopeiae (γ Cas) in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. It was included...
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    Epsilon Cassiopeiae or ε Cassiopeiae, officially named Segin (/ˈsɛɡɪn/), is a single star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. With an apparent...
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