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Loading contentThe authoritative catalogue of variable stars, first published in Moscow in 1948 and maintained since at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute. It assigns official variable-star designations and records variability type, period, and amplitude for tens of thousands of stars, serving as the reference for the naming of newly confirmed variables.
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Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.