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Variable star

A variable star is a star whose brightness as seen from Earth (its apparent magnitude) changes systematically with time. This variation may be caused by a change in emitted light or by something partly blocking the light, so variable stars are classified as either:

Art, Detecting variability & Discovery

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Discovery

Detecting variability

Nomenclature

Classification

Intrinsic variable stars

Extrinsic variable stars

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Variable star

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Avg. degree1.99
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Variable star

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related to Nomenclature · 21
Variable star → AA, Andromedae, Argelander, AZ, Bayer, BB, BZ, Friedrich, In, Later, Letters RR, Once, QQ, QZ, RR Lyrae, RZ, SS, SZ, This, V335
related to Discovery · 18
Variable star → Aboriginal Australians, Algol, An, Antares, Arab, Aristotle, Babylonian, Betelgeuse, Chinese, David Fabricius, Egyptian, In, Johannes Holwarda, Mira, Of, Omicron Ceti, Pre-telescope, This
related to Interpretation of observations · 12
Variable star → About, Arthur Stanley Eddington, Combining, Eddington, For, He, In, Kappa, Most, The, These, This
related to Further reading · 10
Variable star → Eddington, Irregularities, London, Long Period Variable Stars, Monthly Notices, Period, Plakidis, Retrieved February, Royal Astronomical Society, UK
related to Variable star observations · 10
Variable star → Amateur, American Association, British Astronomical Association, By, For, Measurements, Organizations, Peak, Variable, Variable Star Observers
related to Pulsating variable stars · 6
Variable star → Depending, In, Pulsating, Pulsations, Stars, The
related to Classification · 5
Variable star → Cataclysmic, Eruptive, Pulsating, Variable, X-ray
related to External links · 5
Variable star → Popular Astronomy, The American Association, TypesSociety, Variable Star ObserversGCVS Variability, Variable Star Section
related to Variable X-ray sources · 4
Variable star → Cygnus X-1, One, These, X-ray
related to Eruptive variable stars · 2
Variable star → Despite, Eruptive

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Variable staris astar whose brightness as seen from Earth0.90text
amplitude ratiosinstance ofand additional parameters0.80text
phase differences between terms are also usedinstance ofand additional parameters0.80text
neural networksinstance ofOther existing methods0.80text
which have the advantage of directly being able to inspect the light curve datainstance ofOther existing methods0.80text
and Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noiseinstance ofOther existing methods0.80text
Variable starrelated to ClassificationVariable0.60section
Variable starrelated to ClassificationPulsating0.60section
Variable starrelated to ClassificationEruptive0.60section
Variable starrelated to ClassificationCataclysmic0.60section
Variable starrelated to ClassificationX-ray0.60section
Variable starrelated to DiscoveryAn0.60section

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