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HD 15082 (also known as WASP-33) is a star located roughly 378 light years away in the northern constellation of Andromeda. The star is a Delta Scuti variable and a planetary transit variable. It is the first Delta Scuti variable known to host a planet. A hot Jupiter type extrasolar planet orbits this star with an orbital period of 1.22 days.In common with many rapidly rotating stars of spectral type A the stellar classification of HD 15082 is more challenging to discern.