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    of an eclipsing binary. Eclipsing binaries are variable stars, not because the light of the individual components vary but because of the eclipses. The...
    67 KB (8,092 words) - 10:01, 31 July 2024
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    the oldest preserved historical document of the discovery of a variable star, the eclipsing binary Algol. Aboriginal Australians are also known to have observed...
    50 KB (6,469 words) - 01:43, 19 July 2024
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    is not known. η Gem is the brightest SRa variable, and also an eclipsing binary. GZ Peg is an SRa variable and S-type star with a maximum magnitude of...
    11 KB (894 words) - 00:54, 26 October 2023
  • there are over 52,011 known variable stars, with more being discovered regularly, so a complete list of every single variable is impossible at this place...
    39 KB (142 words) - 17:45, 22 July 2024
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    Light curve (category Variable stars)
    curves can be periodic, as in the case of eclipsing binaries, Cepheid variables, other periodic variables, and transiting extrasolar planets; or aperiodic...
    14 KB (1,513 words) - 05:12, 18 July 2024
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    the brightest stars in the night sky. Beta Aurigae is an interesting variable star in the constellation; Epsilon Aurigae, a nearby eclipsing binary with...
    95 KB (10,465 words) - 07:48, 21 July 2024
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    Geminorum (SS Cygni type) Light curve of eclipsing dwarf nova HT Cassiopeiae during outburst, showing eclipses and superhumps (SU Ursae Majoris type) Light...
    7 KB (701 words) - 19:21, 16 July 2024
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    observer, the stars can be seen to pass in front of each other. The result is a type of extrinsic variable star system called an eclipsing binary. The maximum...
    41 KB (4,657 words) - 04:10, 28 July 2024
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    HD 75747 (category Eclipsing binaries)
    a δ Scuti variable. RS Cha is an Algol-type eclipsing binary ranging from 6.02 to 6.58 or 6.68 within 1.6699 days, depending on the eclipse. This system...
    14 KB (1,143 words) - 11:01, 22 May 2023
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    Rotating ellipsoidal variables are a class of close binary variable star systems whose components are ellipsoidal. They are not eclipsing, but fluctuations...
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    Algol variables or Algol-type binaries are a class of eclipsing binary stars that are similar to the prototype member of this class, β Persei (Beta Persei...
    9 KB (676 words) - 17:28, 14 August 2023
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    HD 93486 (category Eclipsing binaries)
    "Improved Light Elements for the Eclipsing Binaries RZ Cha, YZ Cha and DZ Mus". Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. 941: 1. Bibcode:1974IBVS..941....
    13 KB (1,076 words) - 12:48, 14 May 2023
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    A W Ursae Majoris variable, also known as a low mass contact binary, is a type of eclipsing binary variable star. These stars are close binaries of spectral...
    8 KB (482 words) - 16:30, 24 April 2022
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    Algol (category Algol variables)
    photoelectrically. Algol gives its name to its class of eclipsing variable, known as Algol variables. An ancient Egyptian calendar of lucky and unlucky days...
    33 KB (3,242 words) - 03:35, 12 July 2024
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    DV Piscium (category Eclipsing binaries)
    equatorial constellation of Pisces, abbreviated DV Psc. It is an eclipsing binary variable of the RS Canum Venaticorum class. The pair have a combined apparent...
    11 KB (964 words) - 09:46, 7 July 2024
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    "Multiple Periodic Variable Stars" (D. Reidel: Boston), p. 278-348. Oliver, J. P. (1974). An Investigation of Eclipsing Binary Stars Exhibiting Calcium...
    7 KB (879 words) - 02:01, 22 February 2024
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    every cycle (e.g. the eclipsing binary Algol); or, if the variations are small, a simple average magnitude. For red variable stars, specifying a single...
    36 KB (1,305 words) - 17:10, 25 June 2024
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    RS Canum Venaticorum (category Eclipsing binaries)
    Earth as an eclipsing binary. Some of the brightness variations are caused by large spots on the surface of the star. Similar variable stars are known as...
    21 KB (1,850 words) - 03:23, 12 February 2024
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    Delta Capricorni (category Eclipsing binaries)
    S2CID 18759600 Malkov, O. Yu.; et al. (February 2006), "A catalogue of eclipsing variables" (PDF), Astronomy and Astrophysics, 446 (2): 785–789, Bibcode:2006A&A...
    22 KB (1,887 words) - 00:04, 3 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of stars that have unusual dimming periods
    list of stars that have unusual dimming periods is a table of stars that have been observed to darken and brighten and do not appear to be eclipsing binaries...
    23 KB (1,595 words) - 17:21, 18 July 2024
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