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name: Z Cha
constellation: Cha
created_by: 8mag
created_date: 2022-01-21 17:00:00
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-01-24 14:47:45.100294
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a fainter variable star that only shines as a 16.2mag star at its minimum, so we can only see it in a large telescope. But every three to four months it brightens sharply and within a few hours its brightness rises to 11.5mag. For a few days, we'll see it in a 150mm telescope.