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The adjacent image shows a light curve measured by the Hipparchos satellite. HIP 53806 (HD 95492, V359 Vel).
This star is of spectral type B9V. It varies between about 7.58 and 7.84 magnitudes, with a period of 4.5350 days. It is classified as an Algol-type eclipsing binary. (The very sharp dips in light output are characteristic of this type of eclipsing variable.) Hipparcos found 343 previously unknown eclipsing binaries; this is one of them.