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    λ Octantis, Latinized as Lambda Octantis, is a binary star system in the southern circumpolar constellation of Octans. It is visible to the naked eye as...
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    Octantis is a solitary star in the Octans constellation that forms the pole star of the Southern Hemisphere. Its name is also written as σ Octantis,...
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    northern hemisphere for the 1908 Revised Harvard Photometry catalogue. Sigma Octantis was used for the southern hemisphere. It was then noted that "Neither of...
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    territory in the northern hemisphere (and the State of Pará). The Sigma Octantis (south pole star) is small, but all the other stars turn around it. Its...
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    dimmer magnitude 5.5 star on its southern axis, Polaris Australis (Sigma Octantis). From around 1700 BC until just after 300 AD, Kochab (Beta Ursae Minoris)...
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  • Persei) Yellow hypergiant Eruptive binary Double periodic FS Canis Majoris RS Canum Venaticorum Other Flare Gamma Cassiopeiae Lambda Eridani Wolf–Rayet...
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    heavy elements and lower mass, are more unstable. Examples: Sigma OctantisOctantis), an F-type giant and a Delta Scuti variable; Capella Aa (α Aurigae...
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  • based on its position close to the celestial pole. /poʊˈlɛərᵻs/ Octans σ Octantis Polaris Australis See South Star. /poʊˈlɛərᵻs ɔːˈstreɪlᵻs/ Sagittarius...
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    Vega (category Lambda Boötis stars)
    scandium below 10%. The unusually low metallicity of Vega makes it a weak Lambda Boötis star. However, the reason for the existence of such chemically peculiar...
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    Enclosure, refers to an asterism consisting of Alpha Draconis, Kappa Draconis, Lambda Draconis, 24 Ursae Majoris, 43 Camelopardalis, Alpha Camelopardalis and...
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