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Blazhko effect

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The Blazhko effect, also known as the Tseraskaya–Blazhko effect, and which is sometimes called long-period modulation, is a variation in period and amplitude in RR Lyrae type variable stars. Sergey Blazhko first reported its observation by Lidiya Tseraskaya in 1907, in the star RW Draconis.

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