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Blue-hued variable star in the constellation Carina
V518 Carinae was discovered to change in brightness after analysis of Hipparcos photometry. The amplitude of the variations seen is 0.2 magnitudes, with possible periods of 100 and 971 days. It is classified as a γ Cassiopeiae variable.
V518 Carinae is also a Be star, a hot star with emission lines in its spectrum due to a disk of material around the star. Be stars that show irregular brightness changes due to the disk are grouped as γ Cassiopeiae variables. V518 Carinae is known to produce disk outbursts lasting several hundred days.
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