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    known, including the yellow hypergiants Rho Cassiopeiae and V509 Cassiopeiae and white hypergiant 6 Cassiopeiae. In 1572, Tycho Brahe's supernova flared...
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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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    Eta CassiopeiaeCassiopeiae, 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 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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    Rho Cassiopeiae (/ˌroʊ kæsiəˈpiːaɪ, -sioʊ-, -iː/; ρ Cas, ρ Cassiopeiae) is a yellow hypergiant star in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is about 8,150...
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    AR Cassiopeiae (AR Cas) is a variable star in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It is thought to be a member of a septuple star system, one of only two...
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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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    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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    Mu Cassiopeiae, Latinized from μ Cassiopeiae, is a binary star system in the constellation Cassiopeia. This system shares the name Marfak /ˈmɑːrfæk/ with...
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    Cassiopeia A (redirect from 3 Cassiopeiae)
    although it is possible that it was recorded as a sixth magnitude star 3 Cassiopeiae by John Flamsteed. Possible explanations lean toward the idea that the...
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    Zeta Cassiopeiae, Latinized from ζ Cassiopeiae, and officially named Fulu /ˈfuːluː/, is a variable star in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It has a blue-white...
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    consisting of θ Cassiopeiae, ι Cassiopeiae, ε Cassiopeiae, δ Cassiopeiae, ν Cassiopeiae and ο Cassiopeiae. Consequently, θ Cassiopeiae itself is known...
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    SN 1572 (redirect from B Cassiopeiae)
    SN 1572 (Tycho's Supernova, Tycho's Nova), or B Cassiopeiae (B Cas), was a supernova of Type Ia in the constellation Cassiopeia, one of eight supernovae...
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    AO Cassiopeiae, also known as Pearce's Star, is a binary system composed of an O8 main sequence star and an O9.2 bright giant that respectively weigh...
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  • 4″ 7.74 1010 A2 α2 CVn variable, Vmax = 7.73m, Vmin = 7.75m, P = 34.9 d W Cas W 5235 4284 00h 54m 53.85s +58° 33′ 49.1″ 7.80 C9,1e Mira variable, Vmax...
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  • 54 Cassiopeiae is a star in the northern constellation Cassiopeia. Located 88 ly (27 pc) from Earth, it has an apparent magnitude of 6.59, which makes...
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    S Cassiopeiae (S Cas, HD 7769) is a Mira variable and S-type star in the constellation Cassiopeia. It is an unusually cool star, rapidly losing mass and...
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    V705 Cassiopeiae, also known as Nova Cassiopeiae 1993 was a nova which erupted in the constellation Cassiopeia during 1993. The nova was discovered at...
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    to the Galactic Center and one of the most luminous stars known; Rho Cassiopeiae, a yellow hypergiant that is one of the brightest to the naked eye; and...
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  • V669 Cassiopeiae or V669 Cas is an OH/IR star, a type of particularly cool red giant, with a spectral type of M9III. With a mean visual apparent magnitude...
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    W” asterism of Cassiopeia. The cluster will appear as a hazy patch in a field about 1⁄3 the length of an imaginary line towards Epsilon Cassiopeiae,...
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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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    Kappa Cassiopeiae (κ Cas, κ Cassiopeiae) is a star in the constellation Cassiopeia. κ Cassiopeiae has an unusual spectrum that has anomalously weak nitrogen...
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    V509 Cassiopeiae (V509 Cas or HR 8752) is one of two yellow hypergiant stars found in the constellation Cassiopeia, which also contains Rho Cassiopeiae. HR...
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    mass-losing hot stars, but was not applied to cooler stars. In 1991, Rho Cassiopeiae was the first to be described as a yellow hypergiant, likely becoming...
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  • 48 Cassiopeiae is a triple star system in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. It is visible to the naked eye with a combined apparent visual magnitude...
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    Washington D.C. Publication. Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W. Hill, G.; Fisher, W. A. (January 1987). "Studies of early-type variable stars. IV. The orbit and...
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    Nova Cassiopeiae 2021, also known V1405 Cassiopeiae, was a nova in the constellation Cassiopeia. It reached a peak brightness of magnitude 5.449 on May...
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    Lacertae, π2 Cygni, π1 Cygni, HD 206267, ε Cephei, σ Cassiopeiae, ρ Cassiopeiae, τ Cassiopeiae, AR Cassiopeiae, 9 Lacertae, 3 Andromedae, 7 Andromedae, 8 Andromedae...
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    the system can be considered a sextuple. Jabbah AR Cassiopeiae V871 Centauri Gamma Cassiopeiae QZ Carinae Exoplanet Solar System The term optical multiple...
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