Very regular high-frequency pulsation modes in young intermediate-mass stars (VIDEO)

University of Birmingham

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Simulation of pulsations in the delta Scuti variable star called HD 31901, based on brightness measurements by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The simulation has been sped up by a factor of 2646, so that 24 hours of TESS data lasts 33 seconds.

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Credit: produced by Dr Chris Boshuizen (twitter.com/DrChrispyMusic or instagram.com/DrChrispyMusic), with assistance from Dr Simon Murphy and Prof. Tim Bedding (twitter.com/timbedding).

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