Keyword

variable stars

Description: Variable stars are astronomical objects whose observed brightness changes over time, intrinsically or because of eclipses, rotation, or other effects.

Primary topic: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (87%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q6243

OpenAlex ID: keywords/variable-stars

ATLAS: A High-cadence All-sky Survey System

2018 · J. L. Tonry, L. Denneau, et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 1,249

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Observations of Gamma-Ray Bursts of Cosmic Origin

1973 · Ray W. Klebesadel, Ian B. Strong, et al. · The Astrophysical Journal · 1,180

Kepler Presearch Data Conditioning II - A Bayesian Approach to Systematic Error Correction

2012 · Jeffrey C. Smith, Martin C. Stumpe, et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 1,045

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VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV): The public ESO near-IR variability survey of the Milky Way

2009 · D. Minniti, P.W. Lucas, et al. · New Astronomy · 1,003

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The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues

2008 · Michael Perryman · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 902

Some results of a spectrographic study of the Algol system.

1924 · D. B. McLaughlin · The Astrophysical Journal · 771

Exploring the Optical Transient Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory

2009 · Arne Rau, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific · 736

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General catalogue of variable stars: Version GCVS 5.1

2017 · N. N. Samus’, E. V. Kazarovets, et al. · Astronomy Reports · 634

General Catalogue of Variable Stars.

1987 · P. N. Kholopov · 538

Wavelets for period analysis of unevenly sampled time series

1996 · Grant Foster · The Astronomical Journal · 524

HERMES: a high-resolution fibre-fed spectrograph for the Mercator telescope

2010 · G. Raskin, H. Van Winckel, et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 503

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An RR Lyrae Star Survey with Ihe Lick 20-INCH Astrograph II. The Calculation of RR Lyrae Periods by Electronic Computer.

1965 · J. Lafler, T. D. Kinman · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series · 461

Modern Statistical Methods for Astronomy

2012 · Eric D. Feigelson, G. Jogesh Babu · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 441

Variable Stars in Galactic Globular Clusters

2001 · Christine M. Clement, Adam Muzzin, et al. · The Astronomical Journal · 434

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The ASAS-SN catalogue of variable stars I: The Serendipitous Survey

2018 · T Jayasinghe, C S Kochanek, et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 425

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GaiaData Release 1

2017 · F. Arenou, X. Luri, et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics · 379

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Exploring the Variable Sky with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

2007 · Branimir Sesar, Željko Ivezić, et al. · The Astronomical Journal · 357

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A First Catalog of Variable Stars Measured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS)

2018 · A. N. Heinze, J. L. Tonry, et al. · The Astronomical Journal · 349

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Understanding Variable Stars

2007 · John R. Percy · Cambridge University Press eBooks · 321

Distances to extragalactic supernovae

1974 · R. P. Kirshner, J. Kwan · The Astrophysical Journal · 299

Mitteilung über veränderliche Sterne

1907 · S. Blažko · Astronomische Nachrichten · 298

Proper motions and variabilities of stars near the Orion Nebula

1988 · B. F. Jones, Merle F. Walker · The Astronomical Journal · 266

A period-finding method for sparse randomly spaced observations or “How long is a piece of string?”

1983 · M. M. Dworetsky · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 252

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An energetic stellar outburst accompanied by circumstellar light echoes

2003 · Howard E. Bond, Arne Henden, et al. · Nature · 245

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Candidate RR Lyrae Stars Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data*

2000 · Željko Ivezić, J. E. G. Peek, et al. · The Astronomical Journal · 244

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Works count: 29,190

Citation count: 66,910