Variable stars are stars which vary considerably in brightness on much shorter time scales than most stars, which, like our own sun, are of nearly constant luminosity.
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Subcategories
This category has the following 19 subcategories, out of 19 total.
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- Objects with variable star designations (1,181 P)
A
B
- BY Draconis variables (70 P)
E
F
- FK Comae Berenices variables (6 P)
- FS Canis Majoris variables (2 P)
I
L
- Lambda Eridani variables (8 P)
M
- Maunder Minimum (17 P)
P
R
- Rotating ellipsoidal variables (33 P)
S
- Suspected variables (279 P)
- SX Arietis variables (19 P)
X
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- Variable star stubs (240 P)
Pages in category "Variable stars"
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