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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Rigel, Light curve, Variable star designation, Cepheid variable, Fomalhaut, Capella, List of variable stars, Gliese 581, Carbon star, Classical Cepheid variable, Stellar pulsation theory - Regular versus irregular variability, Low dimensional chaos in stellar pulsations, VB 10, Scorpius X-1, TW Hydrae, HD 209458, American Association of Variable Star Observers, X-ray burster, Theta Herculis, RR Lyrae variable, HD 98800, CM Draconis, XO-1, RS Canum Venaticorum variable, R Coronae Borealis variable, Beta Lyrae variable, Alpha Pyxidis, Type II Cepheid, OGLE-TR-10, AM Herculis, HD 56096, HW Virginis, 12 Aquilae, Delta Velorum, SX Phoenicis variable, U Geminorum, S Monocerotis, EF Eridani, Chi Cygni, FG Sagittae, Supernova impostor, CXO J164710.2-455216, Algol variable, Delta Equulei, Kappa Orionis, Kappa Piscium, General Catalogue of Variable Stars, Lambda Andromedae, mechanism, IM Pegasi, W Ursae Majoris variable, Omega Capricorni, Iota Piscium, 3 Aquarii, HD 172044, Mu Normae, Upsilon1 Hydrae, Gliese 174, 27 Hydrae, AN Ursae Majoris, BY Draconis variable, W Virginis variable, R Andromedae, UX Tauri, Alpha Scuti, PV Telescopii variable, V Cephei, Omicron2 Cygni, V560 Carinae, R Virginis, HDE 268835, DY Persei variable, S Virginis, V592 Monocerotis, II Pegasi, Alpha Circini, T Andromedae, AO Cassiopeiae, DL Crucis, PY Vulpeculae, 26 Canis Majoris, BD+60 2522, SS Cygni, HIP 117078, HIP 67593, 14 Sagittarii, BB Doradus, New Catalogue of Suspected Variable Stars, EV Persei, V605 Aquilae, Rotating ellipsoidal variable, Solar-like oscillations, HIP 9582, 101 Piscium, Lambda Eridani variable. Excerpt: A star is classified as variable if its apparent magnitude as seen from Earth changes over time, whether the changes are due to variations in the star's actual luminosity, or to variations in the amount of the star's light tha...
