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EPIC 211069629 - RR Lyrae variable?

  • Dolorous_Edd by Dolorous_Edd

    From C4 K2 finds thread

    EPIC 211069629 - https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~avanderb/k2c4/ep211069629.html

    Listed under

    GO4040 Barcelo Forteza Asteroseismology of delta Scuty stars in the Pleiades and Beehive clusters ( SC and LC)

    GO4057 Prsa Eclipsing Binary Stars: Indispensable Astrophysical Laboratories for Studying Stellar Populations

    Listed on SIMBAD as V* V1209 Tau -- Variable Star of delta Sct type

    Listed on VSX as V0738 Tau NL:

    NL
    Nova-like stars. Cataclysmic variables where the mass transfer rate is above a certain limit and their accretion disks are stable because they are nearly fully ionized to their outer (tidal cut off) boundary and this condition suppresses dwarf nova outbursts. Also known as UX (UX Ursae Majoris stars).

    Phased curve

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    General view

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    UKIDSS K-band

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    EPIC 211069629 - UGCS J034313.85+240509.5

    P.S.

    What a gorgeous view on the Pleiades!

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