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Observations of Long Period Variable Stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

T. Lloyd Evans
T. Lloyd Evans*
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South African Astronomical Observatory, P.O. Box 9 Observatory 7935, South Africa

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The study of long period variable stars has been transformed in recent years by two observational developments. Large samples of stars have been observed at infrared wavelengths, providing knowledge of the intrinsic properties of the star as well as of circumstellar dust shells, and these observations have been extended to the variables in well defined stellar systems to allow their properties to be studied in relation to the stellar population to which they belong. Spectroscopic determinations of chemical composition have also provided several crucial insights.

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4. The Variability-Evolution Connection
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International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 106: Evolution of Peculiar Red Giant Stars , 1989 , pp. 241 - 257
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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