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Outburst of U Cephei

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WE believe that our recent observations of the eclipsing binary U Cephei have implications for the study of the evolution of binary systems and the understanding of novae.

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BATTEN, A., FISHER, W., BALDWIN, B. et al. Outburst of U Cephei. Nature 253, 174–176 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/253174a0

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