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Name
  RX J0520.5-6932  
AAVSO UID
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Constellation
Dorado Sequence
J2000.0
05 20 29.85 -69 31 55.7  (80.12438 -69.53214) Search nearby
B1950.0 05 20 52.74 -69 34 46.8
Galactic coord. 280.263 -33.194
Other names

(Internal only)
2MASS J05202986-6931556 LPH039 USNO-B1.0 0204-0095295
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Variability type
HMXB
Spectral type O8e
Mag. range
14.4 - ? V
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Epoch
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Outburst --
Period --
Rise/eclipse dur. --
Remarks
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1 Otero, Sebastian Alberto Orbital variability 0.03 mag. in Ic, almost absent in V. Range is for optical outbursts.
2 Graham, Keith Position from UCAC3. Spectral Type from 2009yCat....1.2023S= O9Ve V Mag derived from UCAC3 = 14.36 V Mag from Massey (2002ApJS..141...81M) = 14.12. V-mag. from OGLE (2000AcA....50..307U) = 14.46.
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References
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1 Edge, W. R. T. et al., 2004, A major outburst from the X-ray binary RX
J0520.5-6932
2004MNRAS.349.1361E
2 Schmidtke, P. C., et.al., 1994, LMC stellar X-ray sources observed with
ROSAT. 1: X-ray data and search for optical counterparts
1994PASP..106..843S
3 Schmidtke, P. C., et.al., 1994, LMC stellar X-ray sources observed with
ROSAT. 1: X-ray data and search for optical counterparts
1994PASP..106..843S
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Revision History
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2 Otero, Sebastian Alberto 2012-07-17 09:51 UTC Period, spectral type and amplitude from 2004MNRAS.349.1361E.
1 Graham, Keith 2012-07-17 02:20 UTC Initial submission.