W Cephei is a spectroscopic binary and variable star located in the constellation Cepheus. It is thought to be a member of the Cep OB1 stellar association...
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Cepheus (constellation) (redirect from Cephei)
hypergiant, together with the red supergiants Mu Cephei, MY Cephei, VV Cephei, V381 Cephei, and V354 Cephei are among the largest stars known. In addition...
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Mu Cephei (Latinized from μ Cephei, abbreviated Mu Cep or μ Cep), also known as Herschel's Garnet Star, Erakis, or HD 206936, is a red supergiant or hypergiant...
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Gamma Cephei (γ Cephei, abbreviated Gamma Cep, γ Cep) is a binary star system approximately 45 light-years away in the northern constellation of Cepheus...
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VV Cephei, also known as HD 208816, is an eclipsing binary star system located in the constellation Cepheus. It is both a B[e] star and shell star. VV...
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Beta Cephei variables, also known as Beta Canis Majoris stars, are variable stars that exhibit small rapid variations in their brightness due to pulsations...
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Delta Cephei (δ Cep, δ Cephei) is a quadruple star system located approximately 887 light-years away in the northern constellation of Cepheus, the King...
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RW Cephei is a K-type hypergiant and a semirregular variable star in the constellation Cepheus, at the edge of the Sharpless 132 H II region and close...
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V354 Cephei is a red supergiant star located within the Milky Way. It is an irregular variable located over 13,000 light-years away from the Sun. It has...
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cool supergiants and hypergiants such as V509 Cassiopeiae (HR 8752) and RW Cephei. "Ass Cep OB 1". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg....
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List of largest stars (redirect from SW Cephei)
Tauri. Examples of eclipsing binaries are Epsilon Aurigae (Almaaz), VV Cephei, and V766 Centauri (HR 5171). Angular diameter measurements can be inconsistent...
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LZ Cephei, also known by its Flamsteed designation 14 Cephei, is a star about 3,600 light years from the Earth, in the constellation Cepheus. Its apparent...
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Classical Cepheid variable (redirect from Delta Cephei variable)
Majaess, D.; Turner, D.; Gieren, W. (2012). "New Evidence Supporting Cluster Membership for the Keystone Calibrator Delta Cephei". The Astrophysical Journal...
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Geminorum, Beta Doradus, RT Aurigae, Polaris, as well as Delta Cephei. Type II Cepheids include: W Virginis, Kappa Pavonis and BL Herculis. Anomalous Cepheids...
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Lambda Cephei (λ Cephei) is a fifth magnitude blue supergiant star in the constellation Cepheus, one of the hottest and most luminous visible to the naked...
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WZ Cephei is an eclipsing binary star of W Ursae Majoris-type in the constellation of Cepheus, located 880 light years away from the Sun. The stars orbit...
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consisting of η Cephei, 4 Cephei, HD 194298, θ Cephei, α Cephei, ξ Cephei, 26 Cephei, ι Cephei and ο Cephei. Consequently, the Chinese name for η Cephei itself...
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Zeta Cephei (ζ Cep, ζ Cephei) is a red supergiant star, located about 1000 light-years away in the constellation of Cepheus. Zeta Cephei marks the left...
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Beta Centauri (category Beta Cephei variables)
the detection of pulsations, the Aa component has been classified as a β Cephei variable. Beta Centauri is well known in the Southern Hemisphere as the...
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MY Cephei (IRC +60375) is a red supergiant located in open cluster NGC 7419 in the constellation of Cepheus. It is a semiregular variable star with a maximum...
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Tauri star PV Cephei. It is known for changing its shape dramatically on a timescale of months to years, as the brightness of PV Cephei changes. The nebula...
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Variable star (section Beta Cephei variables)
is the star Delta Cephei, discovered to be variable by John Goodricke a few months later. Type II Cepheids (historically termed W Virginis stars) have...
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Omicron Cephei, Latinized from ο Cephei, is a binary star in the constellation of Cepheus. It consists of a less massive F-type main sequence star in...
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asterism consisting of Xi Cephei, 4 Cephei, HD 194298, Eta Cephei, Theta Cephei, Alpha Cephei, 26 Cephei, Iota Cephei and Omicron Cephei. Consequently, the Chinese...
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Nu Cephei (ν Cephei) is a class A2, fourth-magnitude blue supergiant star in the constellation Cepheus, visible to the naked eye. It is a white pulsating...
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DH Cephei is a variable binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus, positioned about two degrees to the east of the star system...
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VW (disambiguation) (redirect from V–W)
of the Pier Aeromar (former IATA code: VW), a former Mexican airline VW Cephei, a binary star system VW Hamme, a Belgian association football club VW Herald...
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Spica (category Beta Cephei variables)
their spectra. The primary is a blue giant and a variable star of the Beta Cephei type. Spica, along with Arcturus and Denebola—or Regulus, depending on the...
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