List of variable stars
This list of variable stars contains only a selection of these stars (namely those that are also at least brighter than 5 mag , have a period of maximum 30 days, and have a brightness difference of at least 0.5 mag or were known in 1844) .
In 2008, 41,638 variable stars were known (see General Catalog of Variable Stars ), and the number is increasing regularly.
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Bayer-Bez. / Variable reference |
Proper name | Max. | Min. | Period ( d ) | Type | discovery | Explorer | HIP no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eta Aquilae | Bezek | 3.48 | 4.39 | 7.176641 | Cepheide | 1784 | Pigott | 97804 |
| Delta Cephei | Al Radif | 3.48 | 4.37 | 5,366341 | Cepheide | 1784 | Goodricke | 110991 |
| Beta Doradus | 3.46 | 4.08 | 9.8426 | Cepheide | 26069 | |||
| Zeta Geminorum | Mekbuda | 3.62 | 4.18 | 10.15073 | Cepheide | 34088 | ||
| Beta Lyrae | Sheliak | 3.25 | 4.36 | 12,913834 | Beta Lyrae Star | 1784 | Goodricke | 92420 |
| Kappa Pavonis | 3.91 | 4.78 | 9.09423 | Cepheide | 93015 | |||
| Beta Persei | Algol | 2.12 | 3.39 | 2.8673043 | Algolstern | 1669 | Montanari | 14576 |
| Zeta Phoenicis | 3.91 | 4.42 | 1.6697671 | Algolstern | 5348 | |||
| V Puppis | 4.35 | 4.92 | 1.4544859 | Beta Lyrae Star | 38957 | |||
| X Sagittarii | 4.2 | 4.9 | 7.01283 | Cepheide | 87072 | |||
| Lambda Tauri | Elthor | 3.37 | 3.91 | 3.9529478 | Algolstern | 18724 | ||
| Omicron Ceti | Mira | 2.0 | 10.1 | 331.65 | Mira star | 1596 | Fabricius | 10826 |
| Epsilon Aurigae | Almaaz | 2.92 | 3.83 | 9892 | Algolstern | 1821 | Johann Heinrich Fritsch | 23416 |
| Chi Cygni | 3.3 | 14.3 | 406.94 | Mira star | 1687 | Church | 97629 | |
| R Hydrae | 3.5 | 10.9 | 388.0 | Mira star | 1704 | Maraldi | 65835 | |
| R Leonis | 4.4 | 11.3 | 312.57 | Mira star | 1782 | cook | 48036 | |
| Alpha Herculis | Ras Algethi | 2.74 | 4.00 | 125 | Semi-regularly variable | 1795 | Wilhelm Herschel | 84348 |
| R Coronae Borealis | 5.7 | 14.8 | R Coronae Borealis | 1795 | Pigott | 77442 | ||
| R Scuti | 4.5 | 9.0 | 143 | RV Tauri star | 1795 | Pigott | 92202 | |
| R Virginis | 6.1 | 11.4 | 145.51 | Mira star | 1809 | Harding | 61667 | |
| R Aquarii | 5.8 | 12.4 | 386.96 | Mira star | 1810 | Harding | 117054 | |
| R serpentis | 5.2 | 14.4 | 356.75 | Mira star | 1826 | Harding | 77615 | |
| S serpentis | 7.8 | 13.5 | 368.59 | Mira star | 1828 | Harding | 75170 | |
| R Cancri | 6.1 | 11.8 | 361.69 | Mira star | 1829 | Heavy | 40534 | |
| Alpha Orionis | Betelgeuse | 0 | 1.3 | 2070 | Semi-regularly variable | 1836 | John Herschel | 27989 |