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    RW Cephei is a K-type hypergiant and a semirregular variable star in the constellation Cepheus, at the edge of the Sharpless 132 H II region and close...
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    Alpha Cephei, with an apparent magnitude of 2.5. Delta Cephei is the prototype of an important class of star known as a Cepheid variable. RW Cephei, an...
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  • Robin Wight, botanist, noted as R.W. RW is the designation for the 15th variable star named in a constellation: RW Cephei, an orange hypergiant located...
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    Köhler, Rainer (September 2024). "Time Evolution Images of the Hypergiant RW Cephei during the Rebrightening Phase Following the Great Dimming". The Astrophysical...
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  • Köhler, Rainer (September 2024). "Time Evolution Images of the Hypergiant RW Cephei during the Rebrightening Phase Following the Great Dimming". The Astrophysical...
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    mass-loss, similar to those of Betelgeuse and RW Cephei. The rebrightening of B90, just like RW Cephei, took twice as long as that of Betelgeuse which...
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    In 2022, the array was used to observe the disc of the hypergiant star RW Cephei during its ongoing dimming event. CHARA holds annual science meetings...
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  • Humphreys, Roberta (2023-05-11). "The recent mass-loss history of the hypergiant RW Cep". Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society. 7 (5): 92. Bibcode:2023RNAAS...
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    bound, yellow hypergiants and red supergiants are not clearly separated; RW Cephei (roughly 4,000 K (3,730 °C; 6,740 °F), 295,000 L☉) is an example of a...
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    There are also giant K-type stars, which range from hypergiants like RW Cephei, to giants and supergiants, such as Arcturus, whereas orange dwarfs, like...
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