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| physical object > natural object > celestial body > collection of stars > star system > binary star > close binary > nova > dwarf nova > Z Camelopardalis star > Z Camelopardalis |
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| Z Camelopardalis comparison table | |||||||
| Subject | has reference | is part of | is an instance of | has light curve | has acronym | is a kind of | has definition |
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| Z Camelopardalis star | CV | dwarf nova | A class of dwarf nova with standstills in their light curves. Z Cam itself is a semidetached binary (period 7h21m) consisting of a dG1 star and a hot white dwarf or a hot blue subdwarf which is probably degenerate. Mean time between eruptions, 20 days. Peak-to-peak amplitude, about 0.5 mag. | ||||
| Z Camelopardalis | Oppenheimer, B.D., Kenyon, S.J., Mattei, J.A.: 1998, AJ 115, 1175. An Analysis of AAVSO Observations of Z Camelopardalis | Milky Way | Z Camelopardalis star | from AAVSO | Z Cam | is a dwarf nova with standstills in the light curve |