Newly discovered stars named after Sheikh Zayed

Newly discovered stars named after Sheikh Zayed

  DUBAI – Three new variable stars have been discovered and named after the UAE’s founding father Sheikh Zayed Al Nahyan, according to the Emirates Astronomical Observatory (EAO). EAO Engineer Nezar Sallam discovered the new stars, which have been in the record of the International Variable Star Index. Watch the video: It’s a “new scientific achievement in addition to the discovery announced late last year, which was represented by its co-discovery of two new planets that were formed about a billion years ago outside the boundaries of the solar system," Sallam said. The variable stars, symbolized by the letter V, are a category of stars whose apparent brightness changes in a persistent or variable pattern with respect to an observer on the surface of the Earth, so that the star moves from a certain degree of brightness to a degree of greater or less powerful brightness for various reasons. Zayed Star V1 is located in the constellation called Vulpecula, and shines bright three times in a day within eight hours. Zayed-V2, located in the stellar group called Perseus, changes luminosity for a period of 3.8 days and lasts about 4.6 hours. The variable star Zayed-V3 was discovered in the constellation called Camelopardalis and shows variations in its brightness period 64.92 minutes. ICA/Expat Media

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