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Theta Circini

A blue star in the constellation of Circinus, just a few degrees from the famous and prominent Alpha Centauri or Rigil Kentaurus. Theta Circini is a close binary system containing two similar stars. The primary star is an eruptive variable of the Gamma Cassiopeiae type, expelling rings of matter from its equatorial regions on a somewhat irregular basis.

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