VV Cephei
id:
vv-cephei-183-4602645
title:
VV Cephei
text:
VV Cephei, also known as HD 208816, is an eclipsing binary star system located in the constellation Cepheus. It is both a B[e] star and shell star. VV Cephei is an eclipsing binary with the third longest known period. A red supergiant fills its Roche lobe when closest to a companion blue star, the latter appearing to be on the main sequence. Matter flows from the red supergiant onto the blue companion for at least part of the orbit and the hot star is obscured by a large disk of material. The su
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Binary star in the constellation Cepheus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VV_Cephei
date created:
2006-01-10T05:51:35Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T16:24:59Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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16