In putting the link in – somehow I got rid of all the text – how boring. So I’ll try again. The link below should take you to an animation of the inverse nova R Coronae Borealis as it goes from maximum to minimum magnitude. R Coronae Borealis is also a Carbon star (it is the massive amounts of ejected Carbon that cause this periodic dimming).
https://epod.usra.edu/.a/6a0105371bb32c970b02c8d3bd1c2c200c-pi
