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Mira, designated Omicron Ceti, is a red giant star located approximately 420 light-years away in the constellation Cetus. It serves as the prototype for a class of long-period variable stars, known as Mira variables, which undergo dramatic changes in brightness due to physical pulsations. The star's...
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Prototype Mira variable, historically foundational for long-period variables, strong scientific reputation.
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LHS 1140 is an M-type red dwarf star located approximately 40 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cetus. The star hosts at least two confirmed exoplanets, including LHS 1140 b, a rocky super-Earth orbiting within the star's habitable zone that was discovered in 2017 by the MEarth survey. LHS...
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Nearby habitable-zone super-Earth host and atmospheric target, high current scientific interest.
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UV Ceti is a red dwarf star located approximately 8.7 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cetus, making it one of the closest known star systems to the Sun. It serves as the prototype for the UV Ceti class of variable flare stars, which are characterized by dramatic, sudden increases in lumi...
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Prototype UV Ceti flare stars, important active-dwarf benchmark with strong scientific reputation.
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L 726-8, formally designated Luyten 726-8, is a binary star system situated approximately 8.7 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cetus. The system consists of two red dwarf stars, BL Ceti and UV Ceti, which orbit each other in a highly eccentric path. UV Ceti serves as the prototype for a c...
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Nearby flare-star binary including UV Ceti, strong variable-star recognition.
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BL Ceti is a red dwarf star in the constellation Cetus and one component of the nearby binary system commonly known as UV Ceti. It is an M-type star whose brightness can change abruptly during magnetic flares, events produced by the release of energy in the star's active atmosphere. Together with it...
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Its association with prototype flare star UV Ceti supports scientific relevance, though BL Ceti itself receives less recognition.
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Luyten 726-8A, also cataloged as BL Ceti, is a red dwarf star located roughly 8.7 light-years away in the constellation Cetus. It is the brighter primary component of the L 726-8 binary system, which was jointly cataloged by Dutch-American astronomer Willem Luyten. Both components are flare stars, m...
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Nearby flare-star binary component, notable mainly through L 726-8 system.
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GJ 3293 is an M-type red dwarf star situated approximately 57 light-years away in the constellation Cetus. It is known to host multiple confirmed exoplanets, including at least two super-Earths that were detected using radial velocity measurements. The planetary system's discovery has contributed to...
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Multi-planet red dwarf system, useful exoplanet target but modest broader reputation.
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The Skull Nebula, catalogued as NGC 246, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Cetus. William Herschel discovered it in 1785, and its relatively large apparent diameter is about four arcminutes. The nebula surrounds a central white dwarf system that includes a binary companion, making it releva...
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