• Tau Draconis, Latinized from τ Draconis, is an astrometric binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco. The star is faintly...
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    star, Tau Draconis and Upsilon Draconis. According to a 1971 NASA memorandum, Athāfi or Alsafi were the title for three stars: Sigma Draconis as Alsafi...
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    Thuban (redirect from Alpha Draconis)
    Thuban (/ˈθjuːbæn/), with Bayer designation Alpha Draconis or α Draconis, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Draco. A relatively...
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    Tau Ceti, Latinized from τ Ceti, is a single star in the constellation Cetus that is spectrally similar to the Sun, although it has only about 78% of...
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    starlight was discovered in 1728 when James Bradley observed Gamma Draconis. Nearby Beta Draconis, traditionally called Rastaban, is a yellow giant star of magnitude...
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    DAO spectrograms. XXV. The superficially normal B and A stars alpha Draconis, tau Herculis, gamma Lyrae, and HR 7926", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 371...
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  • The star systems are Vega, Antares, Gemini, Mizar, Sol, Draconis, Sirius Singularity, and Tau Ceti. These systems are named in reference to the stars...
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    Pearson Education. p. 5. ISBN 0-13-145164-2. Around 4800 years ago Thuban (α Draconis) lay a mere 0°.1 from the pole. Deneb (α Cygni) will be the brightest star...
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    V830 Tauri (redirect from V830 Tau b)
    producing emission lines in its spectrum. It is also classified as a BY Draconis variable, cool stars with starspots and chromospheric activity that vary...
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  • Inevitable Grace) – Orbiting the star Lacaille 9352 Tau Ceti Center (TC2) – Orbiting the star Tau Ceti Vitus-Gray-Balianus B – A planet 14 light years...
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    111 Tauri (redirect from 111 Tau)
    rotation in which the rotation velocity varies by latitude. 111 Tauri is a BY Draconis variable, and has been given the variable star designation V1119 Tauri...
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  • Republic Sith Empire First Order Chiss Ascendancy Capellan Confederation Draconis Combine Federated Suns Free Worlds League Lyran Commonwealth Galactic Patrol...
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  • Star Maximum brightness 2.81 2.68 Rho Puppis Star 2.81 Beta Draconis Binary star system 2.81 Tau Scorpii Star 2.81 Lambda Sagittarii Star 2.82 Alpha Tucanae...
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  • database entry, SIMBAD. Accessed on line February 3, 2011. SIMBAD, h Draconis (accessed 10 September 2012) Winters, Jennifer G.; Sevrinsky, R. Andrew;...
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    YZ Ceti (category BY Draconis variables)
    moving as the star rotates. This class of variable stars are known as BY Draconis variables. The periodic variations allow the rotational period of the star...
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    (Crux) method, it can be positively verified using an asterism: Sigma, Chi, Tau, and Upsilon Octantis are all stars of around magnitude 5.6, and form the...
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    HD 283750 (redirect from V833 Tau)
    Naftilan, S. A.; Fairchild, K. (1993). "Abundance Analysis of the BY Draconis Variable, Hot Flare Star V833 Tauri". Publications of the Astronomical...
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    RW Tauri (redirect from RW Tau)
    S2CID 121593493. Horák, T. (1966), "New elements of the eclipsing variables TW Draconis, RW Tauri and KR Cygni and the influence of the rectification of the light...
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    from three stars – Eltanin, Grumium, and Rastaban (Gamma, Xi, and Beta Draconis) – in the head of Draco and one – Iota Herculis – in the foot of Hercules...
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    HD 29697 (redirect from V834 Tau)
    HD 29697 (Gliese 174, V834 Tauri) is a variable star of BY Draconis type in the constellation Taurus. It has an apparent magnitude around 8 and is approximately...
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  • The Fall of Hyperion (novel) (category Fiction set around Tau Ceti)
    Severn and Gladstone's chief of staff, Leigh Hunt, attempts to farcast to Tau Ceti Center. Instead, they arrive on a world that is an apparent replica...
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  • 25278 05h 24m 25.31s +17° 23′ 00.8″ 5.00 4.17 48 F8V SB V1119 Tau; BY Draconis variable 79 Tau b 79 28355 20901 04h 28m 50.10s +13° 02′ 51.5″ 5.02 1.56 160...
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    Gliese 876 (category BY Draconis variables)
    possess a planetary system with more than two planets, after GJ 1061, YZ Ceti, Tau Ceti, and Wolf 1061; as of 2018, four extrasolar planets have been found...
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    Four" الربع, العوائذ الْرُّبَع, الْعَوَائِذ Gamma Draconis, Xi Draconis, Nu Draconis, Beta Draconis al-ʽAwwād the Lutanist / Lute Player العواد الْعَوَّاد...
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    dolphinfish α Doradus Draco /ˈdreɪkoʊ/ Dra Drac Draconis /drəˈkoʊnɪs/ ancient (Ptolemy) dragon γ Draconis Equuleus /ɪˈkwuːliəs/ Equ Equl Equulei /ɪˈkwuːliaɪ/...
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    Fomalhaut as it lies within a light-year of it. Of magnitude 6.5, it is a BY Draconis variable. The second-brightest star in the constellation, Epsilon Piscis...
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    TW Piscis Austrini (category BY Draconis variables)
    variable star designation. This is a variable star of the type known as a BY Draconis variable, with surface brightness variations causing the changes as the...
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    Bibliography - Image. nu2 lupi at SIMBAD - Ids - Bibliography - Image. Sigma Draconis at SIMBAD - Ids - Bibliography - Image. Boyajian, Tabetha S.; et al. (August...
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  • A0pSiEuHg 2.84 to 2.98 Alpha Gruis (Alnair) 101.0 ± 0.7 1 B6 V +1.74 Iota Draconis (Edasich) 101.2 ± 0.3 1 K2III 3.290 K2-239 101.51 ± 0.06 1 M3V +14.549...
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    ±0.0170 has 2 known planets B§ T6 V 0.058 14.01 J 15.21 J Alsafi (Sigma Draconis)$ 18.7993 ±0.0081 Dra 19h 32m 21.6s +69° 39′ 40″ G9 V 0.85 4.67# 5.87 173...
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