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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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    Alpha Cephei, with an apparent magnitude of 2.5. Delta Cephei is the prototype of an important class of star known as a Cepheid variable. RW Cephei, an...
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    Cepheids such as RS Puppis and Polaris. The term Cepheid originates from Delta Cephei in the constellation Cepheus, identified by John Goodricke in 1784. It...
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    rapid rise to maximum light followed by a slower fall to minimum (e.g. Delta Cephei). This is due to the phase difference between the radius and temperature...
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    Aquilae, and a few months later by John Goodricke with the variability of Delta Cephei, the eponymous star for classical Cepheids. Most of the Cepheids were...
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    1786, ten variable stars were known. John Goodricke himself discovered Delta Cephei and Beta Lyrae. Since 1850, the number of known variable stars has increased...
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    estimated mass of 1,937 M☉, of which about 24% is interstellar matter. A Delta Cephei type variable star designated U Sagittarii is a member of this cluster...
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  • with Cepheid variables, which are named after Delta Cephei and are luminous supergiant stars. Beta Cephei variables are somewhat evolved stars of masses...
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    asterism consisting of α Cephei, 4 Cephei, HD 194298, Eta Cephei, Theta Cephei, Xi Cephei, 26 Cephei, Iota Cephei and Omicron Cephei. Consequently, the Chinese...
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  • Serpentis Binary star system 3.53 Delta Geminorum Triple star system 3.54 Iota Cephei Star 3.54 Xi Hydrae Star 3.54 Delta Eridani Star Suspected variable...
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  • Airport, IATA code KUI, on Kawau Island KUI 91AB, a variable star of Delta Cephei type KUI 93AB, an eclipsing binary of Algol variable type Kui (Chinese...
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  • Hubble Space Telescope: A Parallax of the Fundamental Distance Calibrator delta Cephei". The Astronomical Journal. 124 (3): 1695–1705. arXiv:astro-ph/0206214...
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    Viking. p. 113. ISBN 9780698148697. Malatesta, Kerri (April 13, 2010). "Delta Cephei". American Association of Variable Star Observers. Retrieved January...
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    Delta Cephei (itself the prototype) and Polaris are Cepheid variables and yellow supergiants. Antares and VV Cephei A are red supergiants. μ Cephei is...
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    variable", later called a Cepheid variable after the prototype star Delta Cephei, showed a definite relationship between the variability period and the...
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    Alasad Alpha Leonis Algomisa Procyon Alhabor Sirius Alghul Beta Persei Alnath Beta Tauri Markab Alpha Pegasi Alradif Delta Cephei Alnasir Alpha Andromedae...
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    Leporis, Alpha Persei, Delta Canis Majoris and Iota¹ Scorpii. Many of them are variable stars, mostly pulsating Cepheids such as δ Cephei itself. Yellow supergiants...
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    Sirius Mira, a variable consisting of a red giant and a white dwarf Delta Cephei, a Cepheid variable Almaaz, an eclipsing binary Spica Alpha Centauri...
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    Observers. Retrieved 21 December 2013. "R Muscae – Classical Cepheid (delta Cephei type)". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Centre de Données astronomiques...
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  • Astrophysical Observatory DCEP – (celestial object) Delta CEPhei, a class of Cepheids named after Delta Cephei, the archetype for the class DDEB – (celestial...
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    Cephei ("Errai") by 3000 AD, with Errai reaching its closest alignment with the northern celestial pole around 4200 AD. Iota Cephei and Beta Cephei will...
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    Cepheus, positioned about two degrees to the east of the star system Delta Cephei. With an apparent visual magnitude of 8.61, it is too faint to be visible...
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    in the northern constellation of Cygnus, abbreviated X Cyg. This is a Delta Cephei variable that ranges in brightness from an apparent visual magnitude...
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  • October 19 – John Goodricke begins his observations of the variable star Delta Cephei from York. Publication of the Annals of Agriculture edited by Arthur...
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    times the mass of the Sun and is roughly 15 million years old. Delta Lupi is a Beta Cephei variable star that undergoes periodic pulsations. It has a single...
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    hue. Delta Crucis is a strong candidate Beta Cephei variable. Its rotation is very fast, with a projected rotational velocity of 210 km s−1. Delta Crucis...
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    that ranges from 3.49 to 4.3 over a period of 7.177 days. Along with Delta Cephei, Zeta Geminorum and Beta Doradus, it is one of the most prominent naked...
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    their mythical beings. Not far away was the Martian North pole star, Delta Cephei, which is a variable star. Its changing brightness was likened to the...
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    amplitudes, such as the classical Cepheids, RR Lyrae stars and large-amplitude Delta Scuti stars show regular light curves. This regular behavior is in contrast...
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    spectroscopic search for nonradial pulsations in the Delta Scuti stars Delta Delphini and Epsilon Cephei", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 269 (1–2): 195–200...
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