Author:
Pollard Karen,Jeffery Simon,Handler Gerald,Catelan Márcio,Eyer Laurent,Hekker Saskia,Kolenberg Katrien,Mkrtichian David,Kepler S. O.,Stello Dennis,Strassmeier Klaus,Uytterhoeven Katrien
Abstract
The study of variable stars has played a central role in astronomy for over 400 years, and more so in the present than at any time in history. Stars, especially variable stars, are astrophysical laboratories for understanding physical processes in the universe. Stars represent the fundamental components of stellar systems, galaxies and the universe.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Astronomy and Astrophysics,Space and Planetary Science