Lesson 19 - Lecture 2 - Distances of the Stars: Variable Stars - OpenStax Astronomy 2023
Channel: Introduction to Astronomy
Date: 2023-06-12

In this lecture, we will look at measuring the distances to the stars. Here, we talk about using variable stars such as Cepheid and RR Lyrae stars to measure distances. 

These lecture videos are designed to complement the content in the OpenStax Astronomy 2e textbook. The book can be downloaded free of charge at: https://openstax.org/details/books/astronomy-2e

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