Ladder. Springer. AAVSO Variable Star of the Month. W Virginis: Spring 2003 PDF / HTML OGLE Atlas of Variable Star Light Curves - W Virginis stars v t e...

W Virginis is the prototype W Virginis variable, a subclass of the Cepheid variable stars. It is located in the constellation Virgo, and varies between...

is a variable star in the constellation Pavo. It is the brightest W Virginis variable in the sky. In 1901, κ Pavonis was reported to be a variable star...

to other type II Cepheids, BL Herculis variables have shorter periods and are fainter than W Virginis variables. Pulsating stars vary in spectral class...

stars in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation α Virginis, which is Latinised to Alpha Virginis and abbreviated Alpha Vir or α Vir. Analysis of its...

Delta Virginis (δ Virginis, abbreviated Del Vir, δ Vir), formally named Minelauva /ˌmɪnəˈlɔːvə/, is a star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo. With an...

also receive a supergiant luminosity class, most notably W Virginis variables such as W Virginis itself, stars that are executing a blue loop triggered...

Gamma Virginis (γ Virginis, abbreviated Gamma Vir, γ Vir), officially named Porrima /ˈpɒrɪmə/, is a binary star system in the constellation of Virgo. It...

RV Tauri and semiregular variables) to the near absence of repetitiveness in the irregular variables. The W Virginis variables are at the interface; the...

type variable. The luminosity of RV Tau variables is typically a few thousand times the sun, which places them at the upper end of the W Virginis instability...

W Virginis variable (type II Cepheid) in the constellation of Camelopardalis. It is also a Carbon star, which is very unusual for a Cepheid variable....

variable or shell star, it is of spectral type B2II-IIIe and lies around 1430 light years distant from Earth. Kappa Pavonis is a W Virginis variable—a...

32 Virginis, also known as FM Virginis, is a star located about 250 light years from the Earth, in the constellation Virgo. Its apparent magnitude ranges...

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population II stars with low masses, including W Virginis variables, BL Herculis variables and RV Tauri variables. The Classical Cepheids are more luminous...

less; W Virginis variables, more-luminous pulsating variables also known as type II Cepheids, with periods of 10–20 days; Type I Cepheid variables, more...

NGC 5128 and NGC 4258. Historically Type II Cepheids were called W Virginis variables but are now divided into three subclasses based on the length of...

with W Virginis and BL Herculis variables, the type II Cepheids. Classical Cepheid variables are higher mass population I stars. RR Lyrae variables are...

a few days. The shortest known period is 0.1167 days (~2:48 hours, HW Virginis); the longest is 9892 days (27 years, Epsilon Aurigae). Over long periods...

the disk around the star, 61 Virginis b, c and d should have masses of 6.3, 19.8 and 12.6 ME. The ecliptic of the 61 Virginis system, as inferred from its...

between 1 and 4 days are of the BL Her subclass, 10–20 days belong to the W Virginis subclass, and stars with periods greater than 20 days belong to the RV...

(historically termed W Virginis stars) have extremely regular light pulsations and a luminosity relation much like the δ Cephei variables, so initially they...

AG Virginis is an eclipsing binary star system in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. With a maximum apparent visual magnitude of 8.51 it is too faint...

Chemical Compositions of the Type II Cepheids-The BL Herculis and W Virginis Variables". The Astrophysical Journal. 666 (1): 378–392. arXiv:0706.2029. Bibcode:2007ApJ...

cross the instability strip during a blue loop are thought to become W Virginis variables. More massive stars, crossing the instability strip during a blue...

given names are ζ Virginis (Heze), η Virginis (Zaniah), ι Virginis (Syrma), κ Virginis (Kang), λ Virginis (Khambalia) and φ Virginis (Elgafar). The 7 main...

Table 1. Cox, Arthur N. (1 March 2003). "A Pulsation Mechanism for GW Virginis Variables". The Astrophysical Journal. 585 (2): 975–982. Bibcode:2003ApJ...585...

SW Virginis is a variable star in the equatorial constellation of Virgo, abbreviated SW Vir. It is a variable star that ranges in brightness from an apparent...

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

Mira variables /ˈmaɪrə/ (named for the prototype star Mira) are a class of pulsating stars characterized by very red colours, pulsation periods longer...