CX Canis Majoris
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cx-canis-majoris-192-17863110
title:
CX Canis Majoris
text:
CX CMa is a blue variable star in the Canis Major constellation. Discovery of this variable is usually credited to German Astronomer Cuno Hoffmeister in 1931, although this remains uncertain. It is an eclipsing binary of Algol (detached) whose magnitude varies between 9.9 and 10.4 with a period of 0.95462500 day. The variability was first discovered in 1931. Doubts arose because of scatter in the data and the small amplitude, but the discovery was confirmed by 1949. Its Algol-type light curve ex
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description:
Blue variable star in the constellation Canis Major
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CX_Canis_Majoris
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date modified:
2024-03-09T10:39:26Z
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