What Are the Key Insights and Fascinating Facts About Cepheid Variable Stars?

[Maxwells Demon]

Hello, I'm going to make a paper concerning Cepheid variable stars. I need some theory and information about these to put in the report.

It could be some history or exiting facts.. Anything..

Thanks :)

 

[mathman]

Try "cepheid stars" on google. You'll get more information than you can handle.

 

[Maxwells Demon]

"You'll get more information than you can handle."

That's precisely why I'm asking here instead :P

 

[MadScientist 1000]

You might want to try Wikipedia. It is highly reliable, and the chances of someone vandalizing Cephelid Binaries is very low.

I'll contribute a bit...

The stars orbit a common center of gravity and the system always contains more than one star. The center of gravity doesn't have to be another star, but a place where their gravity neutralizes each other.

 

[Labguy]

Hello, I'm going to make a paper concerning Cepheid variable stars. I need some theory and information about these to put in the report.

It could be some history or exiting facts.. Anything..

Thanks :)

Try these:

http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/Astronomy/CepVar.html
http://sims.berkeley.edu/~jhall/ho/
http://www.fofweb.com/Subscription/Science/Helicon.asp?SID=2&iPin=ffdastron2630
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2004-02/1076556627.As.r.html
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?1991AJ...101.1795M&data_type=PDF_HIGH&type=PRINTER&filetype=.pdf