Back متغير بيتا قيفاوس Arabic Estrella variable Beta Cephei AST Variable Beta Cephei Catalan Hvězda typu Beta Cephei Czech Beta-Cephei-Stern German Estrella variable Beta Cephei Spanish Beta Cephei izar aldakor Basque متغیر بتا قیفاووسی Persian Beta Cephei -tähti Finnish Étoile variable de type Beta Cephei French
Beta Cephei variables, also known as Beta Canis Majoris stars, are variable stars that exhibit small rapid variations in their brightness due to pulsations of the stars' surfaces, thought due to the unusual properties of iron at temperatures of 200,000 K in their interiors. These stars are usually hot blue-white stars of spectral class B and should not be confused with Cepheid variables, which are named after Delta Cephei and are luminous supergiant stars.