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Poopelyse
Jan 22, 2011

by Fluffdaddy

mediaphage posted:

przybylski’s star is my favourite weirdo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Przybylski%27s_Star

some other weirdo and/or cool stars

Tabby's Star aka the alien megastructure star
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabby%27s_Star

SGR 1806-20 - a magnetar 50,000 light years away that had a starquake which "released more energy in one-tenth of a second than the Sun releases in 150,000 years." this ionized the earth's atmosphere and even blinded the Swift telescope.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGR_1806%E2%88%9220

TYC 7037-89-1 - a triple binary star system (sextuple system) recently discovered by TESS


https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1672/discovery-alert-first-six-star-system-where-all-six-stars-undergo-eclipses/

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