λ Lyrae, Latinized as Lambda Lyrae, is a suspected binary star system in the northern constellation of Lyra. It is an orange-hued point of light that is...
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Vega (redirect from Alpha Lyrae)
constellation of Lyra. It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr. This star is relatively...
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Horizontal branch (section The RR Lyrae gap)
stars are found. These pulsating horizontal-branch stars are known as RR Lyrae variable stars and they are obviously variable in brightness with periods...
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Horizontal-branch stars hotter than the RR Lyrae gap are generally considered to be blue giants, and sometimes the RR Lyrae stars themselves are called blue giants...
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the Sun's, on average, 1.5 M☉. BL Boötis type stars are a subtype of RR Lyrae variables. T Boötis was a nova observed in April 1860 at a magnitude of...
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objects, support its dating to very roughly 12 billion years old. 18 RR Lyrae type variable stars have been found within. It bore the first discovery...
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Asteroseismology (section RR Lyrae variables)
many of the longest-known variable stars, including the Cepheid and RR Lyrae variables. In stars with surface convection zones, turbulent fluids motions...
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; Pérez-Villegas, A. (2022). "Precise distances from OGLE-IV member RR Lyrae stars in six bulge globular clusters". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 657: A123...
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variable stars. M62 is a globular cluster rich in variable stars such as RR Lyrae variables and has two generations of stars with different element abundances...
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the star's absorption of an accretion disc. Tau Canis Majoris is a Beta Lyrae-type eclipsing multiple star system that varies from magnitude 4.32 to 4...
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Summer Triangle of Deneb, Altair, and Vega – α Cygni, α Aquilae, and α Lyrae – is prominent in the northern hemisphere summer skies, as its three stars...
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causes the system to vary by 0.03 magnitudes. Serpens Caput contains many RR Lyrae variables, although most are too faint to be seen without professional photography...
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when rotation alone would make it a spheroid. An example of this is Beta Lyrae. Hydrostatic equilibrium is also important for the intracluster medium,...
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mythology Lyra η Lyrae Aa Aladfar The name is originally from Arabic: الأظفر al-ʾuẓfur ('the talons' [of the swooping eagle]), shared with μ Lyrae (Alathfar)...
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the scorpion) الشولة Lambda Scorpii Shedir aṣ-Ṣadr the Breast الصدر Alpha Cassiopeiae Sheliak ash-Shiliyāq Lyra الشلياق Beta Lyrae Sheratan ash-Sharaṭayn...
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variables, and rapidly oscillating Ap stars (roAps) near the main sequence; RR Lyrae variables where it intersects the horizontal branch; and the Cepheid variables...
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(2008). "First Resolved Images Of The Eclipsing And Interacting Binary Beta Lyrae". The Astrophysical Journal. 684 (2): L95–L98. arXiv:0808.0932. Bibcode:2008ApJ...
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23 Sigma Puppis Binary star system 3.25 Eta Serpentis Star 3.250 Gamma Lyrae Star 3.26 3.22 Gamma Hydri Star 3.26 3.25 Theta Ophiuchi Triple star system...
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period was established by Henrietta Leavitt in 1908. Using cepheid and RR Lyrae variables to systematically chart the distribution of globular clusters...
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contact with each other (overcontact binary) and are classed as a Beta Lyrae variable as their light varies from Earth as they eclipse each other. The...
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Mu1 Scorpii (category Beta Lyrae variables)
(two) eyes of the lion'. Mu1 Scorpii is an eclipsing binary of the Beta Lyrae type. Discovered to be a spectroscopic binary by Solon Irving Bailey in...
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Hypernova SW Sextantis Symbiotic Symbiotic nova Z Andromedae Rotating Eclipsing Algol Beta Lyrae Planetary transit W Ursae Majoris Star portal * List...
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Variable star (section RR Lyrae variables)
stars were known. John Goodricke himself discovered Delta Cephei and Beta Lyrae. Since 1850, the number of known variable stars has increased rapidly, especially...
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Pulsating Cepheids and cepheid-like Cepheid variable Type II Cepheids RR Lyrae variable Delta Scuti variable SX Phoenicis variable Blue-white with early...
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87 Cygnus within 3° will become the North Star at about 11,250 AD Alpha Lyrae Vega 0.026 Lyra within 5° used to be the North Star at about 12,000 BC;...
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other around four times as luminous. The system is classified as a Beta Lyrae variable, the apparent magnitude varying from 8.83 to 9.72 over 0.66 days...
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designations mark them as variable stars. Examples include R Cygni, RR Lyrae, and GN Andromedae. (Many variable stars also have designations in other...
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the Traveler's Moon. Cue Ball is an uninhabitable ice world orbiting Beta Lyrae. Jm'ho is a moon similar to Europa, homeworld to the Gw'oth. It orbits a...
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luminosities of giants there are several classes of pulsating variable stars: RR Lyrae variables, pulsating horizontal-branch class A (sometimes F) stars with...
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