[Aavso-photometry] Understanding Variable Stars

[Thom Gandet]

I second Jeff's recommendation of Petit's book.  It's
somewhat out of date now, but the essentials are the
same, and it is a "good read".

"Light Curves of Variable Stars", by Sterken and Jaschek,
was very helpful to me because it has a light curves
for almost all of the various types of variable stars.
Not all variable stars can be easily pigeon-holed into
one specific class, and the book gives the flavor of the
sometimes confusing classification problem.  Recommend
reading it after Petit, or some other more basic book,
first, though.

Thom Gandet


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Hopkins" <phxjeff at hposoft.com>
To: "confused" <confused at hughes.net>; "Jim Jones" <nt7t at centurytel.net>; 
"AAVSO Photometry" <aavso-photometry at mira.aavso.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Aavso-photometry] Understanding Variable Stars


> Another good book is "Variable Stars" by M. Petit, John Wiley & Sons 1987
>
> Jeff
>
> At 05:55 -0700 02/24/2008, confused wrote:
>>Steve,
>>
>>You might also like Gerry A. Good's book "Observing Variable Stars"
>>(Springer-Verlag, London, 2003 - part of Patrick Moore's Practical 
>>Astronomy
>>series).  The book is organized around the table Jim referenced below, and
>>supplements it with illustrations and quite a bit more detail.  I've found
>>it to be an extremely useful guide to the variable star menagerie.
>>
>>Mike Walter
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Jim Jones" <nt7t at centurytel.net>
>>To: "AAVSO Photometry" <aavso-photometry at mira.aavso.org>
>>Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 1:52 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Aavso-photometry] Understanding Variable Stars
>>
>>>  Don't know if this is what you are looking for or not.
>>>
>>>  http://www.sai.msu.su/groups/cluster/gcvs/gcvs/iii/vartype.txt
>>>
>>>  Jim Jones
>>>
>>>  Steven Orlando wrote:
>>>>  Hello All!
>>>>
>>>>  I finished reading John Percy's book "Understanding Variable Stars"
>>>>
>>>>  Although a good book. I'm wondering if there is infomation on Variable
>>>>  Stars in more concise form, such as flowchart form, or even paragraph
>>>>  form (I prefer flowchart form).
>>>>
>>>>  Anyone know of a good concise document which briefly names and 
>>>> describes
>>>>  all the kinds of variable stars, especially in flowchart form, please 
>>>> let
>>>>  me know.
>>>>
>>>>  THANKS!!
>>>>
>>>>  Steve
>
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