... Ask Astro . / . How do astronomers use Cepheid variables to measure distances? . FROM THE October 2015 ISSUE . Richard Lynch, Essex Junction, Vermont . ...
... The nebula around the Cepheid star RS Pup undoubtedly holds a wealth of information about the mass-loss history of this star. ... It will thus be instrumental to understand the evolution of Cepheids. ESO. ...
... This artist's impression shows the location of the Cepheid star RS Pup in our galaxy, as determined by the astronomers using data from ESO's NTT. ...
... The ladder's first rung consists of pulsating stars called Cepheid variables, or Cepheids for short. ... up observations of other Cepheids conducted by the same team using Spitzer have shown that other Cepheids т?? up to 25 percent ...
... The nebula around the Cepheid star RS Pup undoubtedly holds a wealth of information ... It will thus be instrumental to understand the evolution of Cepheids. ESO . ... percent precision level, the distance of a Cepheid, a class of variable stars that ...
... to calculate the speed of the three Cepheid variables stars used as yardsticks to ... Chakrabarti s 2015 study used Cepheid variables to mark the location of a dark ...
... The bigger and brighter a Cepheid, the longer it takes to pulsate so merely measuring a Cepheid's period reveals the star's intrinsic brightness and, hence, the distance to its parent galaxy. ...
... have to rely on a type of variable star called a Cepheid to act as a distance marker ... Cepheids are luminous stars whose brightness varies at regular intervals. ... think this period-luminosity relationship depends on the composition of the Cepheid ...
... dust clouds, and pulsating stars called Cepheid variables, which astronomers use as ... of the Hubble Space Telescope: to observe Cepheid variables and measure the rate of ...