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WR 134 is a variable Wolf-Rayet star located around 6000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus surrounded by a faint bubble nebula blown by the intense radiation and fast wind from the star.WR 134 is classified as an Algol type eclipsing variable and given the designation V1769 Cygni but the variation is not strictly periodic and brightness changes occur on timescales of hours to days. It has been investigated several times to search for companions.

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