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OY Carinae (abbreviated OY Car) is an eclipsing binary system approximately 277 light-years away from Sun classed as cataclysmic variable. The system comprises an eclipsing white dwarf and red dwarf that orbit each other every 1.51 hours and possibly a yet unconfirmed third low-mass (substellar?) companion.

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