Very strange yarn-shaped light curve
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This light curve is very strange. How does a star like this make this intricate pattern of brightness? I can't think of even one good explanation.
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by Ptd in response to Cuboctahedron's comment.
Because its not one star, its two stars 😃 dancing with each other.
This star is listed in VSX as an eclipsing binary with a period of just 0.305739 days
https://www.aavso.org/vsx/index.php?view=search.topThe LC looks strange because of shutter effect, interaction between this binary's short period and Kepler's 30 min sample period.
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