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Name
  VVV-WIT-08  
AAVSO UID
000-BNZ-800 (No observations)  
Constellation
Sagittarius Sequence
J2000.0
18 00 47.42 -30 36 09.2  (270.19758 -30.60256) Search nearby
B1950.0 17 57 34.18 -30 36 05.6
Galactic coord. 0.233 -3.682
Other names

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2MASS J18004740-3036090 UCAC4 297-141481 VVV J180047.43-303609.10
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Variability type
EA+SR:
Spectral type K7/M2III
Mag. range
14.7 (3.8) Ic
Discoverer L. C. Smith et al.
Epoch
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Remarks
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1 Otero, Sebastian Alberto Likely opaque disc-hosting companion. Period >11 yr. based on lack of another event in OGLE data. Also 0.02 mag. amplitude intrinsic variability with possible periods of 195 and 124 d. Very crowded area.
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References
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1 Smith, L. C.; Koposov, S. E.; Lucas, P. W.; et al., 2021, VVV-WIT-08: the
giant star that blinked		 2021arXiv210605300S
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1 Otero, Sebastian Alberto 2021-06-14 01:56 UTC Initial submission.

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