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Delta Scuti variable
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<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> <p class="note">This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.</p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Designation (name)</th><th>Discovery</th><th><i>Maximum</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> (<a href="/facts/Apparent_magnitude/7pCTF1Me">magnitude</a>)</th><th><i>Minimum</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> (<a href="/facts/Apparent_magnitude/7pCTF1Me">magnitude</a>)</th><th><i>Range of magnitude</i></th><th>Period</th><th>Spectral type</th><th>Comment</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/%CE%93_Bo%C3%B6tis/0oNDangM">γ Boötis</a></td><td></td><td>3.02</td><td>3.07</td><td>0.05</td><td>6.96 h</td><td>A7III</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/%CE%95_Cephei/3N85R67o">ε Cephei</a></td><td></td><td>4.15</td><td>4.21</td><td>0.06</td><td>0.98 h</td><td>F0IV</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/HD_40372/Nw3GPwfz">HD 40372</a></td><td></td><td>5.88</td><td>5.92</td><td>0.04</td><td>1.466 h</td><td>A5me</td><td>In eclipsing binary system</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/%CE%91_Lyrae/G3wJwhhl">α Lyrae</a> (Vega)</td><td></td><td>−0.02</td><td>0.07</td><td>0.03</td><td>2.57 h</td><td>A0Va</td><td>5th brightest star in the night sky</td></tr><tr><td>HR 1170</td><td></td><td>5.77</td><td>5.91</td><td>0.14</td><td>2.39 h</td><td>A9IV</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/%CE%94_Scuti/bL3EAzDK">δ Scuti</a></td><td></td><td>4.60</td><td>4.79</td><td>0.19</td><td>4.65 h</td><td>F2 IIIp</td><td>prototype</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/V701_Coronae_Australis/4Kn3W2Jq">V701 Coronae Australis</a></td><td>Lampens & Rufuen (1990)</td><td>5.69</td><td>5.73</td><td>0.04</td><td>3.25 h</td><td>F2 III/IV</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/QQ_Telescopii/Mv6DkUbH">QQ Telescopii</a></td><td>Kurtz (1982)</td><td>6.53 (blue)</td><td>6.58 (blue)</td><td>0.05</td><td>1.52 h</td><td>F2 IV</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Other examples include - <a href="/facts/%CE%A3_Octantis/yxerFc6x">σ Octantis</a> and <a href="/facts/%CE%92_Cassiopeiae/mXsH6UxU">β Cassiopeiae</a> </p> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Samus N.N., Durlevich O.V., et al. <i>Combined General Catalog of Variable Stars (GCVS4.2, 2004 Ed.)</i></li> <li><a href="http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/AI_Velorum_star.html">AI Velorum star</a> at The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight</li> <li><a href="http://www.aavso.org/vsots_delsct">AAVSO: Delta Scuti and the Delta Scuti variables</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Majaess, D. J.; Turner, D. G.; Lane, D. J.; Henden, A. A.; Krajci, T. (2011). "Anchoring the Universal Distance Scale Via a Wesenheit Template". Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (Jaavso). 39 (1): 122. arXiv:1007.2300. Bibcode:2011JAVSO..39..122M. <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Majaess, Daniel J.; Turner, David G.; Lane, David J.; Krajci, Tom (2011). "Deep Infrared ZAMS Fits to Benchmark Open Clusters Hosting delta Scuti Stars". Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (Jaavso). 39 (2): 219. arXiv:1102.1705. Bibcode:2011JAVSO..39..219M. <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Poleski, R.; Soszyński, I.; Udalski, A.; Szymański, M. K.; Kubiak, M.; Pietrzyński, G.; Wyrzykowski, Ł.; Szewczyk, O.; Ulaczyk, K. (2010). "The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. The OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars. VI. Delta Scuti Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud". Acta Astronomica. 60 (1): 1. arXiv:1004.0950. Bibcode:2010AcA....60....1P. <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Cohen, Roger E.; Sarajedini, Ata (2012). "SX Phoenicis period-luminosity relations and the blue straggler connection". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 419 (1): 342. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.419..342C. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19697.x. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2966.2011.19697.x" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2966.2011.19697.x</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>McNamara, D. H.; Madsen, J. B.; Barnes, J.; Ericksen, B. F. (2000). "The Distance to the Galactic Center". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 112 (768): 202. Bibcode:2000PASP..112..202M. doi:10.1086/316512. <a href="/wiki/D._Harold_McNamara" target="_blank">/wiki/D._Harold_McNamara</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>McNamara, D. Harold; Clementini, Gisella; Marconi, Marcella (2007). "A δ Scuti Distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud". The Astronomical Journal. 133 (6): 2752–2763. arXiv:astro-ph/0702107. Bibcode:2007AJ....133.2752M. doi:10.1086/513717. S2CID 18053647. <a href="/wiki/D._Harold_McNamara" target="_blank">/wiki/D._Harold_McNamara</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Majaess, D. J.; Turner, D. G.; Lane, D. J.; Henden, A. A.; Krajci, T. (2011). "Anchoring the Universal Distance Scale Via a Wesenheit Template". Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (Jaavso). 39 (1): 122. arXiv:1007.2300. Bibcode:2011JAVSO..39..122M. <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Majaess, Daniel J.; Turner, David G.; Lane, David J.; Krajci, Tom (2011). "Deep Infrared ZAMS Fits to Benchmark Open Clusters Hosting delta Scuti Stars". Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (Jaavso). 39 (2): 219. arXiv:1102.1705. Bibcode:2011JAVSO..39..219M. <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Poleski, R.; Soszyński, I.; Udalski, A.; Szymański, M. K.; Kubiak, M.; Pietrzyński, G.; Wyrzykowski, Ł.; Szewczyk, O.; Ulaczyk, K. (2010). "The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment. The OGLE-III Catalog of Variable Stars. VI. Delta Scuti Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud". Acta Astronomica. 60 (1): 1. arXiv:1004.0950. Bibcode:2010AcA....60....1P. <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Garg, A.; Cook, K. H.; Nikolaev, S.; Huber, M. E.; Rest, A.; Becker, A. C.; Challis, P.; Clocchiatti, A.; Miknaitis, G.; Minniti, D.; Morelli, L.; Olsen, K.; Prieto, J. L.; Suntzeff, N. B.; Welch, D. L.; Wood-Vasey, W. M. (2010). "High-amplitude δ-Scutis in the Large Magellanic Cloud". The Astronomical Journal. 140 (2): 328. arXiv:1004.0955. Bibcode:2010AJ....140..328G. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/140/2/328. hdl:1969.1/181688. S2CID 118386274. <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Majaess, D. J.; Turner, D. G.; Lane, D. J.; Henden, A. A.; Krajci, T. (2011). "Anchoring the Universal Distance Scale Via a Wesenheit Template". Journal of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (Jaavso). 39 (1): 122. arXiv:1007.2300. Bibcode:2011JAVSO..39..122M. <a href="/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ArXiv_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Cohen, Roger E.; Sarajedini, Ata (2012). "SX Phoenicis period-luminosity relations and the blue straggler connection". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 419 (1): 342. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.419..342C. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19697.x. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2966.2011.19697.x" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2966.2011.19697.x</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>I.A., Vasil'yev; et al. (1989-03-17). "On the Variability of Vega". Commission 27 of the I.A.U. Retrieved 2007-10-30. <a href="http://www.konkoly.hu/pub/ibvs/3301/3308.txt" target="_blank">http://www.konkoly.hu/pub/ibvs/3301/3308.txt</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>(apparent visual magnitude <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>(apparent visual magnitude <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>