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Cepheids

Variable Stars and the Stories they Tell

What are variable stars and why are astronomers interested in them?

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mira
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eclipsing variable
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cataclysmic variable
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Free Access to the May 5 Keynote Address at the AAVSO Spring Meeting

The theme of this year’s spring meeting is Pulsating Stars. The meeting will begin on Thursday evening at 6pm CDT with a keynote address by Dr. Horace Smith, Professor Emeritus of Michigan State University and a noted expert on RR Lyrae stars. Dr.

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meetings
pulsating variables
rr lyrae
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Henrietta Leavitt – Celebrating the Forgotten Astronomer

By Gael Mariani

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period-luminosity relation
Henrietta Leavitt
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Cepheid variables
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