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Looks like a mix between variable and cepheid, what can It be?

  • DiNapoli by DiNapoli

    I see strange features and patterns In the middle it's cepheid like and on the last days there's a strange pattern (like this\\\) does anyone know what it is?

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  • zoo3hans by zoo3hans

    In no way this is a cepheid. Cepheid are giant stars with period bewtween 5 and 100 days. This star star seems to be fairly constant with some bad low points. If the signal is not absolutely constant in period you have to ignore it. Good luck anyway!

    Here you have a typical light curve from a Cepheid, taken from http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/users/mendez/ASTRO110LAB11/variables.html

    cepheid

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  • DiNapoli by DiNapoli in response to zoo3hans's comment.

    Hello, sorry I'm a bit late with my response, thanks for the explanation!

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