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    Classical Cepheids (also known as Population I Cepheids, type I Cepheids, or Delta Cepheid variables) undergo pulsations with very regular periods on the order of days to months. Classical Cepheids are Population I variable stars which are 4–20 times more massive than the Sun, and up to 100,000 times more luminous.
    A Cepheid variable ( / ˈsɛfi.ɪd, ˈsiːfi -/) is a type of variable star that pulsates radially, varying in both diameter and temperature. It changes in brightness, with a well-defined stable period and amplitude. Cepheids are important cosmic benchmarks for scaling galactic and extragalactic distances.
    Classical Cepheids are a type of Cepheid variable star. They are young, population I variable stars that exhibit regular radial pulsations with periods of a few days to a few weeks and visual amplitudes ranging from a few tenths of a magnitude up to about 2 magnitudes.
    Their presence in star clusters allows their ages to be estimated as up to about 10 8 yr. Observations of the Cepheids in the Magellanic Clouds show that the classical Cepheids are confined to a narrow strip in the period-luminosity diagram, whereas the less common Type II Cepheids are fainter than them at a given period.
  2. WEBCepheids. Cepheids, also called Cepheid Variables, are stars which brigthen and dim periodically. This behavior allows them to be used as cosmic yardsticks out to distances of a few tens of millions of light-years. …

  3. WEB2008 February 12. Echoes from RS Pup. Credit: Pierre Kervella ( ), Antoine Mérand ( ), , Explanation: This dusty reflection nebula surrounds pulsating star RS Pup, some 10 times more massive than the Sun and on …

  4. WEBDelta Cephei is the prototype of the Cepheid class of variable stars. With a change in visual magnitude of 3.5 to 4.4, delta Cep's entire range of variability can be observed with the unaided eye. Its period of 5.366 …

  5. WEBThe photographed "Cepheid variable" star in M100 brightens and dims over the course of days as its atmosphere expands and contracts. A longer blinking cycle means an intrinsically brighter star. Cepheids variable …