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mithrene
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mithrene
1y ago
The name isn't random! It's common in astronomy to encode the targets position in the name in sexagesimal units. It's useful because you can read the name and immediately know where it is on the sky. In this case, J1832-0911
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mithrene
2y ago
I’m an asteroseismologist and really pleased to see a link to the Kappa mechanism. I usually teach it as a heat engine concept, and it’s applicable to most stars in the classical instability strip. Another class of variables that aren’t men