Eta Cassiopeiae (η Cassiopeiae, abbreviated Eta Cas, η Cas) is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. Its binary nature was...
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Beta Cassiopeiae (β Cassiopeiae, abbreviated Beta Cas or β Cas), officially named Caph /ˈkæf/, is a Delta Scuti variable star in the constellation of Cassiopeia...
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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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absorption lines) it is also dubbed the Spectral Gem of Southern Skies. Gamma Cassiopeiae, informally named Navi for astronaut Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom Iota Ursae...
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(η Psc), 349 lightyears, class G7 IIIa, magnitude 3.62. It is a Gamma Cassiopeiae variable with a weak magnetic field. Torcular ("thread"), otherwise Omicron...
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Barefoot Navigator: Navigating with the Skills of the Ancients. Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan House. Tibbets, G.R. (1971). Arab Navigation in the Indian Ocean...
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Richard Hinckley (1963) [1899]. Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning. New York, NY: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-21079-0 – via LacusCurtius. Falkner, David...
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Eta Piscium (category Gamma Cassiopeiae variable stars)
has a weak magnetic field with a strength of 0.4±0.2 G, and is a Gamma Cassiopeiae variable. The companion, component B, is a magnitude 7.51 star. van Leeuwen...
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44.9 MJ, making it a brown dwarf. Kapteyn's Star Groombridge 1830 Mu Cassiopeiae 2MASS J05325346+8246465, a possible halo brown dwarf and the first substellar...
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Eta Centauri (category Gamma Cassiopeiae variable stars)
Cassiopeiae variable star with multiple periods of variability. The International Variable Star Index lists Eta Centauri as both a Gamma Cassiopeiae variable...
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