WZ Cassiopeiae
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wz-cassiopeiae-324-8836693
title:
WZ Cassiopeiae
text:
WZ Cassiopeiae (WZ Cas) is a deep red hued star in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia. It is a variable star with a magnitude that ranges from 6.3 down to 8.8, placing it near the limit of naked eye visibility at peak magnitude. The estimated distance to this star, as determined from its annual parallax shift of 2.1 mas, is about 1,540 light years. It is moving closer to the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −34 km/s. This is an aging carbon star on the asymptotic giant branch.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Star in the constellation Cassiopeia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WZ_Cassiopeiae
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date modified:
2023-08-12T23:09:07Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/WZ_Cassiopeiae.jpg","width":2000,"height":1500}
fields total:
13
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15