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• Young variable star RY Tauri is emerging from a yellowish cocoon of dust near top center.
• Harlow Shapley (1885–1972), from an extensive study of the distribution of globular clusters and cepheid variable stars, increased the estimated size of our galaxy about ten times. 4. Science
• A type of variable star whose period of variation is tightly related to its intrinsic luminosity.
• The well-known telescopist Goldschmidt (who commenced astronomical observation at the age of forty-eight, in 1850) added fourteen asteroids to the solar system, not to speak of important discoveries of nebulæ and variable stars, by means of a telescope only five feet in focal length, mounted on a movable tripod stand. Half-hours with the Telescope Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction.
• The charts which illustrate the light curves of variable stars remind me of quilting charts.
• This region, about 8000 light-years from Earth, is located near to the famous explosive variable star Eta Carinae, which lies just outside the field of view toward the upper right.
• Edwin P. Hubble (1889–1953) detected cepheid variable stars in the Andromeda Nebula, a discovery that allowed him to determine the distances between galaxies. 4. Science
• Variable star V838 Monocerotis lies near the edge of our Milky Way Galaxy, about 20,000 light-years from the Sun. Picture of the Day
• The variable stars in the above image are RR Lyrae variables, single stars that pulsate with periods of about half a day.
• The variable stars in the above image are RR Lyrae variables, single stars that pulsate with periods of about half a day.