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RR Lyrae stars

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RR Lyrae stars [¦är¦är ′lī·rē ‚stärz]
(astronomy)
Pulsating variable stars with a period of 0.05-1.2 days in the halo population of the Milky Way Galaxy; color is white, and they are mostly stars of spectral class A. Also known as cluster cepheids; cluster variables.


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Oosterhoff found that in some globular clusters, the RR Lyrae stars take longer to pulsate, on average, than in other clusters.
Another team, which includes Zeljko Ivezic of Princeton University, used the Sloan survey to examine a second group of elderly objects, known as RR Lyrae stars.
They deduced that RR Lyrae stars in several globular clusters are brighter and younger than had been assumed.
 
 
 
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