Cepheids: Using Stars to Measure Extra-Galactic Distances | Video

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 10:20 in Astronomy & Space

Cepheids are a certain kind of star that change in brightness with regular period. This period is related to its true brightness, which means we can use them to measure distances to other galaxies.

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