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    Delta Cephei (δ Cep, δ Cephei) is a quadruple star system located approximately 887 light-years away in the northern constellation of Cepheus, the King...
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    Alpha Cephei, with an apparent magnitude of 2.5. Delta Cephei is the prototype of an important class of star known as a Cepheid variable. RW Cephei, an...
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    helium is doubly ionized. The term Cepheid originates from the star Delta Cephei in the constellation Cepheus, which was one of the early discoveries...
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    rapid rise to maximum light followed by a slower fall to minimum (e.g. Delta Cephei). This is due to the phase difference between the radius and temperature...
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    Aquilae, and a few months later by John Goodricke with the variability of Delta Cephei, the eponymous star for classical Cepheids. Most of the Cepheids were...
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    1786, ten variable stars were known. John Goodricke himself discovered Delta Cephei and Beta Lyrae. Since 1850, the number of known variable stars has increased...
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    estimated mass of 1,937 M☉, of which about 24% is interstellar matter. A Delta Cephei type variable star designated U Sagittarii is a member of this cluster...
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    asterism consisting of α Cephei, 4 Cephei, HD 194298, Eta Cephei, Theta Cephei, Xi Cephei, 26 Cephei, Iota Cephei and Omicron Cephei. Consequently, the Chinese...
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  • with Cepheid variables, which are named after Delta Cephei and are luminous supergiant stars. Beta Cephei variables are somewhat evolved stars of masses...
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  • Serpentis Binary star system 3.53 Delta Geminorum Triple star system 3.54 Iota Cephei Star 3.54 Xi Hydrae Star 3.54 Delta Eridani Star Suspected variable...
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