Joel Stebbins observed the star for more than thirty nights from 1924 through 1927, and discovered that it is a variable star.[11] It was given its variable star designation, TU Cameleopardis, in 1936.[12] The orbital plane is oriented near the line of sight from the Earth, making this a Beta Lyrae–type eclipsing binaryvariable star. The primary eclipse lowers the visual magnitude to 5.29, while the secondary eclipse lowers it to 5.22.[7]
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^Mermilliod, J.-C. (1986). "Compilation of Eggen's UBV data, transformed to UBV (unpublished)". Catalogue of Eggen's UBV Data. Bibcode:1986EgUBV........0M.
^ abWilson, Ralph Elmer (1953). "General catalogue of stellar radial velocities". Carnegie Institute Washington D.C. Publication. Bibcode:1953GCRV..C......0W.