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A variable star in the class of cataclysmic variable stars. The normally very faint star once in a time erupts in an immense explosion raising the brightness a thousand to tens of million times.
Variable star in the class of cataclysmic variable stars, which is normally very faint but occasionally erupts in an immense explosion, increasing its brightness a thousand to tens of millions of times; similar but unrelated to supernovae.
 
Similar but unrelated to supernovae.

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Variable star in the class of cataclysmic variable stars, which is normally very faint but occasionally erupts in an immense explosion, increasing its brightness a thousand to tens of millions of times; similar but unrelated to supernovae.