The mysterious cataclysmic variable star Mu Centauri

(Phys.org)—Located about 510 light years from the Earth, Mu Centauri is a very interesting mysterious cataclysmic variable star. It is a dwarf nova, a close binary star system in which white dwarf accretes matter from its companion. Although little is know about Mu Centauri, we could observe temporal variations of its brightness and its flickering on a relatively low level. It was also found that this system's light curve contains odd consistent modulations on two different periods. A rece