A Delta Scuti variable (sometimes termed dwarf cepheid when the V-band amplitude is larger than 0.3 mag.) is a class of pulsating star, comprising several...
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Delta Scuti, Latinized from δ Scuti, is a variable star in the southern constellation Scutum. With an apparent visual magnitude that fluctuates around...
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Beta Cassiopeiae (category Delta Scuti variables)
abbreviated Beta Cas or β Cas), officially named Caph /ˈkæf/, is a Delta Scuti variable star in the constellation of Cassiopeia. It is a giant star belonging...
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Sigma Octantis (category Delta Scuti variables)
has an apparent magnitude of 5.5, but is slightly variable and is classified as a Delta Scuti variable. σ Octantis (Latinised to Sigma Octantis) is the...
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Lyrae variables have short periods and lie on the instability strip where it crosses the horizontal branch. Delta Scuti variables and RR Lyrae variables are...
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match an F2 star. In the past this star was suspected of being a Delta Scuti variable, which is rare for an Am star. This categorization was brought into...
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known planet approximately 20.13 parsecs (65.7 ly) away; X Caeli, a Delta Scuti variable that forms an optical double with γ1 Caeli; and HE0450-2958, a Seyfert...
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luminosity) over a period of several hours to a day or more. Delta Scuti (δ Sct) variables are similar to Cepheids but much fainter and with much shorter...
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metal-poor relatives of Delta Scuti variables. Gamma Doradus variables occur in similar stars to the red end of the Delta Scuti variables, usually of early...
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HR 1170 (category Delta Scuti variables)
is a variable star, whose brightness varies slightly from magnitude 5.77 to 5.91. Michel Breger announced that HR 1170 is a Delta Scuti variable star...
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Boötes (section Variable stars)
Matthew (16 July 2010). "Delta Scuti and the Delta Scuti Variables". Variable Star of the Season. AAVSO (American Association of Variable Star Observers). Retrieved...
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new class of variable stars in which variability was produced by g-mode pulsations rather than the p-mode pulsations of Delta Scuti variables. HD 224945...
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HD 40372 (category Delta Scuti variables)
a photoelectric photometer, and found to be a Delta Scuti variable in 1973. It was given the variable star designation V1004 Orionis in 1974. Remarkably...
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unstable. Examples: Sigma Octantis (σ Octantis), an F-type giant and a Delta Scuti variable; Capella Aa (α Aurigae Aa), a G-type giant. Beta Corvi (β Corvi)...
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32 Virginis (category Delta Scuti variables)
Virginis was given the variable star designation FM Virginis. Donald Kurtz et al. determined that the star was a Delta Scuti variable, in 1976. The primary...
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pulsating variable stars: Delta Scuti variables, SX Phoenicis variables, and rapidly oscillating Ap stars (roAps) near the main sequence; RR Lyrae variables where...
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Denebola (category Delta Scuti variables)
14, making it readily visible to the naked eye. Denebola is a Delta Scuti type variable star, meaning its luminosity varies very slightly over a period...
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44 Tauri (category Delta Scuti variables)
the naked eye of an observer located far from city lights. It is a Delta Scuti variable star, ranging between magnitude 5.37 and 5.58 over a period of about...
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GP Andromedae (category Delta Scuti variables)
GP Andromedae (often abbreviated to GP And) is a Delta Scuti variable star in the constellation Andromeda. It is a pulsating star, with its brightness...
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BO Lyncis (category Delta Scuti variables)
discovered to be a Delta Scuti variable in 1994 during a survey of blue horizontal branch stars, and was subsequently assigned its variable-star designation...
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4756, is an Algol variable eclipsing binary with a 5.70 day period. The primary star in the system is also a Delta Scuti variable, undergoing multiple...
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IK Pegasi (category Objects with variable star designations)
displays minor pulsations in luminosity. It is categorized as a Delta Scuti variable star and it has a periodic cycle of luminosity variation that repeats...
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57 Tauri (category Delta Scuti variables)
lights. 57 Tauri is a member of the Hyades star cluster. It is a Delta Scuti variable star, whose brightness changes slightly, ranging from magnitude 5...
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Altair (category Delta Scuti variables)
periods less than 2 hours. As a result, it was identified in 2005 as a Delta Scuti variable star. Its light curve can be approximated by adding together a number...
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(16 July 2010). "Delta Scuti and the Delta Scuti variables". Variable Star of the Season. AAVSO (American Association of Variable Star Observers). Retrieved...
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Matthew (16 July 2010). "Delta Scuti and the Delta Scuti Variables". Variable Star of the Season. AAVSO (American Association of Variable Star Observers). Retrieved...
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the stars is a Delta Scuti variable, with the system having a dominant period of 0.1568 days and an amplitude of 0.0700 in magnitude. Delta Delphini forms...
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HD 15082 (category Delta Scuti variables)
northern constellation of Andromeda. The star is a Delta Scuti variable and a planetary transit variable. A hot Jupiter type extrasolar planet, named WASP-33b...
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range, this includes Delta Scuti variables such as β Cas. At higher masses the stars would pulsate as Classical Cepheid variables while crossing the instability...
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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...
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