Difference between Cepheids and T Tauri's

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Difference between Cepheids and T Tauri's

Post by dougettinger » Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:40 am

There are numerous kinds of variable stars. It is not clear to me what the basic correlation or difference is between Cepheid variables and other variables such as T Tauri and Herbig Ae/Be variables. Are Cepheids just a class of T Tauri with better known variable luminosities and pulsation periods ?

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Re: Difference between Cepheids and T Tauri's

Post by rstevenson » Tue Apr 27, 2010 12:26 pm

Did you read this article?

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Re: Difference between Cepheids and T Tauri's

Post by dougettinger » Tue Apr 27, 2010 1:08 pm

This article may answer my question. Thanks.

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