Chi Cygni Pulsations (VIDEO)

Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

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This movie combines infrared images of the surface of Chi Cygni, obtained with IOTA, with visual brightness measurements provided by the American Association of Variable Star Observers. Chi Cygni demonstrates a 408-day-period of expanding and dimming, followed by contracting and brightening.

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Sylvestre Lacour, Observatoire de Paris

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