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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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    Alpha Cassiopeiae, or Schedar, is generally the brightest star in Cassiopeia, though it is occasionally outshone by the variable Gamma Cassiopeiae, which...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    catalog after themselves and introduced them into NASA documentation. Gamma Cassiopeiae became Navi – Ivan (Gus Grissom's middle name) spelled backwards....
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    Beta CassiopeiaeCassiopeiae, 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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    which includes 9 stars within 15 parsecs. Spectral standards: A0Van – Gamma Ursae Majoris A0Va – Vega A0Ib – Eta Leonis A0Ia – HD 21389 A1V – Sirius...
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    N. (1982). "A Comparison of the X-ray Properties of X Persei and Gamma Cassiopeiae". The Astrophysical Journal. 263 (1): 277–88. Bibcode:1982ApJ...263...
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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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  • 2.21 2.14 Lambda Velorum Star 2.23 Gamma Cygni Star Suspected variable star 2.23 Alpha Cassiopeiae Star 2.230 Gamma Draconis Star 2.24 2.21 Alpha Coronae...
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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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    HR 2501 (category Gamma Cassiopeiae variable stars)
    HR 2501, also known as HD 49131 and HP Canis Majoris, is a star about 2,000 light years from the Earth, in the constellation Canis Major. It is a 5th magnitude...
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    CX Draconis (category Gamma Cassiopeiae variable stars)
    CX Draconis is an interacting binary star system in the northern constellation of Draco, abbreviated CX Dra. It has the designation HD 174237 in the Henry...
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  • closest PDRs to the Sun are IC 59 and IC 63, near the bright Be star Gamma Cassiopeiae. The study of photodissociation regions began from early observations...
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  • motorcycle manufactured from 2022 Navi, an alternate name for the star Gamma Cassiopeiae Navi, the GPU architecture featured in AMD's Radeon RX 5000 series...
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    Delta Scorpii (category Gamma Cassiopeiae variable stars)
    empty space anywhere in the main ring system." Delta Scorpii A is a Gamma Cassiopeiae variable star. This type of star shows irregular slow brightness variations...
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    Omega Orionis (category Gamma Cassiopeiae variable stars)
    Omega Orionis (ω Ori) is a single star in the constellation Orion. Its apparent magnitude is 4.57 and is located approximately 1,400 light-years from the...
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    Beta Canis Minoris (category Gamma Cassiopeiae variable stars)
    been suspected of variability, and in 1977 it was classified as a γ Cassiopeiae variable in the General Catalogue of Variable Stars. A number of studies...
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    (Ivan spelled backwards), is a seldom-used nickname for the star Gamma Cassiopeiae. Grissom used this name, plus two others for White and Chaffee, on...
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    V923 Aquilae (category Gamma Cassiopeiae variable stars)
    V923 Aquilae is a variable binary star system in the equatorial constellation of Aquila. It has the designation HD 183656 from the Henry Draper Catalogue;...
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    Upsilon2 Cassiopeiae, Latinised from υ2 Cassiopeiae, is a solitary star in the constellation of Cassiopeia, a few degrees to the south of Gamma Cassiopeiae. It...
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    Pleione (star) (category Gamma Cassiopeiae variable stars)
    disappear with the other setting stars. Pleione is classified as a Gamma Cassiopeiae type variable star, with brightness fluctuations that range between...
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    FY Canis Majoris (category Gamma Cassiopeiae variable stars)
    visible to the naked eye of an observer far from city lights. It is a Gamma Cassiopeiae variable star, whose brightness varies from magnitude 4.8 to 6.25...
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    31 Pegasi (category Gamma Cassiopeiae variable stars)
    31 Pegasi is a single star in the northern constellation of Pegasus. It is visible to the naked eye as a dim, blue-white hued point of light with a baseline...
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    59 Cygni (category Gamma Cassiopeiae variable stars)
    59 Cygni is a multiple star system in the northern constellation of Cygnus, located roughly 1,300 light years away from Earth. It is visible to the naked...
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    66 Ophiuchi (category Gamma Cassiopeiae variable stars)
    66 Ophiuchi is a binary variable star in the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus. It has the variable star designation V2048 Ophiuchi, while 66 Ophiuchi...
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