EntityQ1059564· pop 26· linked from 252 articlescataclysmic variable starSign in to savestars which irregularly increase in brightness by a large factor, then drop back down to a quiescent stateConnectionsDwarf novaEntityPolarEntityAM Canum Venaticorum starEntityultraviolet radiationEntitybinary starEntityvariable starEntityintermediate polarEntityclassical Cepheid variableEntitysuper soft X-ray sourceEntityastronomyEntityLatinEntityhydrogenEntityMilky WayEntityheliumEntitygravityEntityasteroidEntitytemperatureEntityInternational Standard Book NumberEntityX-rayEntitymagnetic fieldEntityCategoriesBinary starsCataclysmic variable starsSemidetached binariesStellar phenomena