Rotating ellipsoidal variables are a class of close binary variable star systems whose components are ellipsoidal. They are not eclipsing, but fluctuations...

light-years from the Sun. It is a spectroscopic binary star and rotating ellipsoidal variable; a system whose two stars are so close together they are egg-shaped...

Fifty-four variable stars have been found in M93, including one slowly pulsating B-type star, one rotating ellipsoidal variable, seven Delta Scuti variables, six...

TV Pictoris is a rotating ellipsoidal variable star in the constellation Pictor. It ranges between apparent magnitude 7.37 - 7.53 over a period of 0.85...

naked eye of an observer far from city lights. The star is a rotating ellipsoidal variable whose brightness, as measured by the Hipparcos satellite, varies...

visible light and X-rays. Because the K-type star has been pulled into an ellipsoidal shape, the amount of surface area visible, and thus the apparent brightness...

that HD 159176 is a rotating ellipsoidal variable. The star's spectra exhibit the Struve–Sahade effect. HD 159176 was given the variable star designation...

value of the density, and the iso-density surface is an ellipsoid. Ellipsoidal dome Ellipsoidal coordinates Elliptical distribution, in statistics Flattening...

that Cygnus X-1 was not rotating to any significant degree. However, evidence announced in 2011 suggests that it is rotating extremely rapidly, approximately...

Earth, and hence the luminosities, vary, making the system a rotating ellipsoidal variable. The stars are tidally locked, with rotation periods synchronized...

the naked eye of an observer far from city lights. It is a rotating ellipsoidal variable, a binary star for which the two stars' combined brightness...

extrinsic variables: rotating stars and eclipsing stars. Stars with sizeable sunspots may show significant variations in brightness as they rotate, and brighter...

of 5,772 K, but cooler than many other WR stars. WR 16 is a rotating ellipsoidal variable, meaning its brightness and shape change slightly due to rotation...

of B3 V. It is a helium-weak chemically peculiar star and a rotating ellipsoidal variable. The star has an estimated 3.9 times the radius of the Sun and...

The close binary pair forms a rotating ellipsoidal variable with a 1.53 day period. Star C forms an Algol-type variable system with the close binary,...

that they distort each other into an ellipsoidal shape through gravity, thereby forming a rotating ellipsoidal variable system. However, almost no information...

1985, Arnout van Genderen et al. reported that the star appeared to be "variable in brightness". Eleonora A. Antokhina et al. confirmed the star's variability...

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variable. It has been given the variable star designation TZ Trianguli. The variations are due to the ellipsoidal shape of the stars as they rotate,...

a rotating ellipsoidal variable, varying between apparent magnitudes 4.98 and 5.09, although the classification as a rotating ellipsoidal variable is...

Beta Cephei variables, also known as Beta Canis Majoris stars, are variable stars that exhibit small rapid variations in their brightness due to pulsations...

interaction with the secondary component has turned it into a rotating ellipsoidal variable. This star system is a proper motion member of the Upper Centaurus–Lupus...

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brighter component is a close eclipsing binary (specifically, a rotating ellipsoidal variable), with a minor dip of magnitude (0.1). Both are hot blue stars...

announced that HR 3462 is a variable star based on observations made in 1976. He correctly classified it as an ellipsoidal variable, but the period he derived...

over 90% of its time on the main sequence. 2 Lacertae is a rotating ellipsoidal variable, a binary system in which the stars are close enough to each...

V.; et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars (Samus+ 2007-2013)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: B/gcvs. Originally...

Ellipsoidal reflector spot (abbreviated to ERS, or colloquially ellipsoidal or ellipse) is the name for a type of stage lighting instrument, named for...

The pair form an eclipsing system, and it is classed as a rotating ellipsoidal variable. The third star, component B, is magnitude 6.0 and forms a visual...

brightness changes caused by the ellipsoidal shape of that object, the system is also an RS Canum Venaticorum-type variable star. It is a magnetically active...