Talk:BY Draconis

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Did you know... that BY Draconis, a multi-star system in the constellation Draco, includes a binary star system with an orbital period of only 5.98 days?

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Is this "BY" in English and not "Βeta Upsilon"? —Scouter Sig 05:48, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It's a variable star, too dim to be seen by the naked eye. Variables traditionally get pairs of Latin-alphabet letters as their names - FL Virginis, SZ Crateris, etc. 213.253.135.119 (talk) 09:21, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed an example of "and" used in the sense of "oh and another thing..." but I may have incorrectly altered the weight: "However, the spots, which appear in the polar regions, may occur on both stars." Pleae re-edit to improve the focus. --Wetman (talk) 06:34, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]