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Gliese 268 is a RS Canum Venaticorum variable star in the Auriga constellation. RS CVn variables tend to be binary star systems with a strong magnetic field influenced by each star’s rotation which is accelerated by the tidal effects of the other star in the system. Gliese 268 in particular is composed of a binary system of two M-type dwarfs or red dwarfs and is one of the one hundred closest star systems to the Earth.