# cataclysmic variable star

> stars which irregularly increase in brightness by a large factor, then drop back down to a quiescent state

**Wikidata**: [Q1059564](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1059564)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataclysmic_variable_star)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/cataclysmic-variable-star


## References

1. [Source](https://github.com/JohnMarkOckerbloom/ftl/blob/master/data/wikimap)
2. [General Catalogue of Variable Stars. 2009](http://www.sai.msu.su/gcvs/gcvs/iii/vartype.txt)
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. BabelNet
5. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File
6. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)