Back متغير ألفا الدجاجة Arabic Variable Alfa Cygni Catalan Hvězda typu Alfa Cygni Czech Alpha-Cygni-Stern German Estrella variable Alfa Cygni Spanish Alfa Cygni -tähti Finnish Étoile variable de type Alpha Cygni French משתנה אלפא בברבור HE Alfa Cygni típusú változócsillag Hungarian Variabile Alfa Cygni Italian
Alpha Cygni variables are variable stars which exhibit non-radial pulsations, meaning that some portions of the stellar surface are contracting at the same time other parts expand. They are supergiant stars of spectral types B or A. Variations in brightness on the order of 0.1 magnitudes are associated with the pulsations, which often seem irregular, due to beating of multiple pulsation periods. The pulsations typically have periods of several days to several weeks.
The prototype of these stars, Deneb (α Cygni), exhibits fluctuations in brightness between magnitudes +1.21 and +1.29. Small amplitude rapid variations have been known in many early supergiant stars, but they were not formally grouped into a class until the 4th edition of the General Catalogue of Variable Stars was published in 1985. It used the acronym ACYG for Alpha Cygni variable stars.[1] Many luminous blue variables (LBVs) show Alpha Cygni-type variability during their quiescent (hot) phases, but the LBV classification is generally used in these cases.
A large number (32) were discovered by Christoffel Waelkens and colleagues analysing Hipparcos data in a 1998 study.[2]
- ^ Kholopov, P. N.; Samus', N. N.; Frolov, M. S.; Goranskij, V. P.; Gorynya, N. A.; Kireeva, N. N.; Kukarkina, N. P.; Kurochkin, N. E.; Medvedeva, G. I.; Perova, N. B. (1996). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: General Catalog of Variable Stars, 4th Ed. (GCVS4) (Kholopov+ 1988)". VizieR On-Line Data Catalog: II/139B. Originally Published in: Moscow: Nauka Publishing House (1985–1988). 2139: 0. Bibcode:1996yCat.2139....0K.
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